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"Tackling climate change and building stronger and more equitable cities go hand in hand," Michael Bloomberg says.
"Mayors have bold ideas for how to take on both challenges at once, and we're looking forward to expanding our support for them."
The former New York City mayor's Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities initiative, a $200 million three-year effort, will support 25 US cities in their efforts to reduce carbon emissions and prepare for the effects of climate change, Bloomberg Philanthropies says in a press release.
The cities are Akron, Ohio; Atlanta; Birmingham, Ala.; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Columbus, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Georgia; Kansas City, Mo.; Nashville, Tenn.; Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ; and Rochester, NY.
Bloomberg says the initiative will provide "deep support to selected cities to pursue transformative solutions in the buildings and transportation sectors through partnerships with PolicyLink, Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University, and Natural Resources Defense Council."
"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for these cities to take advantage of $400 billion in federal funding available to them under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act," Gina McCarthy, managing co-chair of America Is All In, says in a statement
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