Nature Positive Cities Efforts to Advance the Transition San Francisco 2025

2 Assessment of enabling environmentOverview of communications Citizen communication on nature-conservation and climate change sits under the remit of not-for-profits and government agencies alike, with public education efforts dating back decades. Engaging the public in nature awareness and stewardship is a major focus of the San Francisco Biodiversity Program and the Reimagining San Francisco initiative. Among the multitude of organizations and departments managing parks, open spaces and the built environment, each has their own community engagement programme. San Francisco takes pride in its efforts to engage traditionally underserved communities and implement climate action equitably across the city in alignment with the four social and economic lenses of the Climate Action Plan. Specifically, the plan outlined in the Healthy Ecosystems chapter aims to increase equitable community participation and the inclusion of diverse perspectives in nature-based climate solutions. This can be accomplished through meaningful efforts to prioritize Indigenous science and traditional ecological knowledge. Overview of collaborations San Francisco’s partnerships with local organizations represent an important avenue to accomplishing the city’s nature-positive changes. City agencies and non-profit organizations form partnerships to achieve greater urban reforestation. Many small, grassroots non-profits support the city by raising funds via private philanthropy. They also receive city or state grants facilitating on-the-ground work in cooperation with local land management agencies. These agencies include the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, the San Francisco Water Department and the University of California at San Francisco Mount Sutro Open Space Preserve. Some city agencies have long-standing partnerships with community organizations. For example, San Francisco Public Works and the Friends of the Urban Forest work together on a shared goal of planting 30,000 new sidewalk trees. 2.6 Stakeholder engagement 28 Nature Positive: Cities’ Efforts to Advance the Transition