Member Profile
Kara Reeve
| Screen Name | kereeve | Activities | 1 |
| Member Since | May 28, 2013 | CoLab Points (actual) | 0 |
| Country | United States | CoLab Points (max. potential) | 0 |
Kara manages National Wildlife Federation’s Climate-Smart Communities program, which promotes the use of nature-based approaches to help communities prepare for the impacts of climate change. Kara is leading the development of a set of resources for coastal adaptation, which is being developed with pilot communities in the Great Lakes region. She also worked with King County, Washington, to develop a tool to help landowners understand the climate change mitigation and adaptation benefits of healthy trees and is the author an accompanying guidebook. Previously, she was the Technical Innovation Manager for ICLEI -Local Governments for Sustainability where she led the development and management of GHG protocols and mitigation, adaptation, and sustainability projects. Kara was also the Urban Sustainability Planner for the District of Columbia Office of Planning, working to advance sustainability initiatives like those related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, green building, transportation, green jobs, green infrastructure, stormwater management, and others. Kara was appointed to Washington DC Council of Governments Climate, Energy, & Environmental Policy Committee and was selected by USEPA to participate in the US government review of Chapter 8 (Urban Areas) of the WG2 report of the IPCC’s 5th Assessment. Kara has a Master in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in English and Environmental Studies from the College of the Holy Cross.
