11.1 Fighting Fire with Fire Through Philanthropic Grantmaking

Welcome to Season 11 of The Climate Conversation! In this episode, EESI President Daniel Bresette and Policy Director Anna McGinn are joined by Genevieve Biggs, who oversees the Wildfire Resilience Initiative at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Genny explains how the initiative and its grantees are creating a future for Western North America where ecologically beneficial fire is dominant over extreme wildfire.

Show notes:

• EESI Briefing: Igniting Innovation: Progress and a Path Forward for Wildfire Policy
• EESI Article: Heating Up Wildfire Solutions
• EESI Article: Every Breath You Take: Preventing Wildfire Smoke Injuries
• EESI Podcast: How Can Policymakers Protect Policyholders in a World on Fire?
• EESI Podcast: All Fired up for Innovation in Wildfire Risk Analysis
• EESI Article: Rethinking Tourism in the Wake of West Maui’s Wildfires
• EESI Briefing: Living with Climate Change: Wildfires
• Earth Fire Alliance FireSat Mission
• FireWERX
• Dr. Hussam Mahmoud and AGNI-NAR model 
• Dr. Michael Gollner and WU-E model
• General Dave Winnacker and XyloPlan
• Western Fire & Forest Resilience Collaborative 

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