Bloomberg Philanthropies has tapped Boston as one of 20 winners of the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge, a $70 million program that aims to accelerate cities’ efforts to tackle climate change. Boston’s cut of the program is valued at $2.5 million.
The award comes on the heels of Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh announcing the “Resilient Boston Harbor” initiative, a sweeping plan to protect the city’s 47-mile shoreline ahead of a major environmental disaster.
