From September 12-14, thousands of people from around the U.S. and the world traveled to San Francisco, California, for the Global Climate Action Summit, a gathering of leaders spanning all sectors collaborating on climate action and advancing new strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change.

American Forests was proud to play a major role, hosting an official Affiliate Event on Tuesday, September 11th. The two-part event consisted of a dynamic lightning round discussion on urban forests as climate solutions, followed by a hands-on tree planting in the Tenderloin district, opened by San Francisco Mayor Breed and our own Jad Daley. Participants of the tree planting saw how to calculate the benefits of both new and already existing street trees using the i-Tree urban forestry tool.