Trace Lane
City of Los Angeles – Bureau of Street Services
TRACE LANE is an interdisciplinary climate resilience, equity, and engagement specialist. Her expertise is focused on the advancement of climate justice through strategic integration of community, Tribal, and stakeholder feedback into the design of programs, impact assessments, and policy through community-based action research and community-led design processes. Lane’s expertise is utilized to support extreme heat resilience, wildfire resilience, equitable water access, and energy equity in the United States, Peru, and India. Lane is the founder of the non-profit organization, The Story Lab, which bridges story with science to understand how the environment is changing and why it matters. Most recently, Lane served as a Lead Technical Assistance Provider for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Community Change Grant Program, and before that, was a Senior Sustainability Consultant for AECOM Energy Advisory Services, where her work focused on energy equity protocols for states and municipalities. Lane holds a master’s degree in political science and public administration, a master’s degree in international social welfare research and policy, and is a Ph.D. candidate in integrated coastal sciences.
Project
In collaboration with FUSE, the City of Los Angeles is tackling the escalating urban heat crisis through the ExtremeHeat Toolkit. Led by StreetsLA, the project prioritizes marginalized neighborhoods, employing a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of cooling strategies like trees and shade structures to rectify historical infrastructure imbalances. With an overarching goal of environmental justice,FUSE Executive Fellow Trace Lane will deliver a detailed economic study and tailored recommendations by April 2025, aiming to optimize cooling interventions and mitigate the impacts of urban heat islands in diverse urban settings.