The National Adaptation Forum is coming to Pittsburgh and features a dynamic lineup of sessions to share strategies, tools, and real-world solutions for building resilience to climate change. Included in this year’s line-up: “Bridges to Blueprints: Coordinating Climate Adaptation Across Pennsylvania’s Communities” (featuring evolveEA’s Climate and Sustainability Studio Lead, Anna Rosenblum, LEED AP, EcoDistricts AP, LFA). Anchored by the Allegheny County Climate Action Plan, Anna joins a panel of speakers from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Allegheny County, the Triboro Ecodistrict to discuss community-driven approaches to flooding, equity, governance, and adaptation, offering actionable strategies for cross-jurisdictional collaboration and resilient community planning.

Meghna Roy, LEED GA and Valeria Duque-Villegas will lead the poster session, “THEORY x PRACTICE: Integrating Data-Driven Climate Tools with Lived Experience for Resilient Community Decision-making,” where participants will discuss the intersection of data-driven analysis and community-led engagement through water management case studies spanning coastal resilience models and grassroots decision-making frameworks.

Principal Christine Mondor, FAIA, LEED AP will also lead a poster session, “Agility in a Time of Uncertainty: Cultivating Next Practices for Adaptation.” As climate adaptation shifts from stability toward flexibility, this workshop will explore agility as a critical resilience strategy. Through case studies on green infrastructure (Upstream PGH, Triboro Ecodistrict, among others) hazard-responsive buildings, and citizen-led air quality initiatives, speakers demonstrate how redundancy, anticipation, and coalition-building strengthen adaptive capacity. Participants will co-create an “Agility Toolkit” through interactive exercises and cross-sector dialogue.

If you’re attending, be sure to check out our work on the buildings tours: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Riverlife, and the Negley Run Watershed.