The April 2026 Tribal Energy & Climate Collaborative eXchange webinar welcomed speakers from the TECC team who presented on “Grant Writing Tools and Guidance for DOE and FEMA Funding”, and guest speakers from Pala Band of Mission Indians, Native American Environmental Protection Coalition, California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, and the Public Health Institute who presented on the topic of “Tribal Climate Adaptation through Extreme Heat Planning Part 1.”

Thank you Josh Simmons and Alyssa Daniels from the TECC team for your overview on the DOE’s Unleashing Tribal Energy Development program, and the FEMA BRIC Grants within the TECC breakout.

Thank you everyone who presented on extreme heat in the TCHP breakout. Thank you to Tina Fernandez for your presentation on Pala’s extreme heat planning activities. Thank you to Jill Sherman-Warne for your presentation on the impacts of extreme heat and how Tribal communities can address these impacts. Thank you Colin Green for your presentation of the overview of the Extreme Heat  and Community Resilience Program. Lastly, thank you Coline Bodenreider for your sneak-peak into the Exposures, Impacts, and Strategies Inventory (EISI) Tool for Extreme Heat, which is launching in May.