Our Climate-Safe California webinar series will take a dive into the science, economics, policy, and technical aspects of our Climate-Safe California platform. In the first webinar on January 26th, 2021 at 10AM PST, Ben Santer, an atmospheric scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) will talk about the science behind our Climate-Safe targets. Learn more and register.
Climate-Safe California is a powerful solution to the climate crisis. Climate experts have called this a unique, bold, urgently needed and comprehensive campaign that will catalyze similar efforts in other states, the nation, and the world. Read more below and endorse the Climate-Safe California platform here (with detailed scientific references).
In this series we bring experts from across California to discuss the latest climate science, targets for emissions reductions based on that science, and the policies that will transition us away from fossil fuels, lead to sustainable mobility, decarbonizing buildings, and natural carbon sequestration. We will also cover how to finance climate action at scale, and what a just transition to a clean economy that serves frontline communities looks like.
The series will culminate with a policy summit that will focus on new legislative and administrative policy needed this year to achieve the vision of Climate-Safe California.
We invite everyone involved to contribute their expertise to the refinement of the policy platform.
Webinar #5: Natural Sequestration – The Key to Solving our Climate Crisis
May 25, 2021 at 10 to 11:30 AM PST
Reducing the carbon that we are putting into the atmosphere is not enough. We must also draw down and sequester hundreds of millions of metric tons of carbon. We will cover natural techniques for carbon sequestration through farming, ranching, and habitat restoration, as well as the prospects for a technological approach to sequestration.
More Upcoming Webinars:
Webinar #6: Funding Climate Action – A Bond and Beyond
We will not be able to achieve the decarbonizing of our economy at the speed required if we do not secure the funding to pay for the needed solutions outlined in this series. This could come from thoughtful taxes, fees, bonds, or other financial instruments, and policy that leverages large scale investment by private capital.
Webinar #7: Climate-Safe California Policy Summit
The series culminate with a 3 hour policy summit in which we will recap the lessons and proposals from the previous webinars, and dive deeply into the short term and long term strategy and policy solutions needed to accomplish Climate-Safe-California’s goals. A state senator will speak, there will be an update from the governor’s office, and key regulatory agencies will be represented.
Past Webinars:
Webinar #1 : What the Science Requires with Scientist Ben Santer
January 26th, 2021
Presenters: Ben Santer, Ellie Cohen, and Jason Barbose
After what we have all been through in 2020, it is clear that climate impacts are more severe than anticipated and are happening faster than we thought. Ben Santer, an award winning climate scientist, who has stood up to the Trump administration’s attempts to muzzle him and his colleagues by speaking truth to power and just doing good science, will discuss the most recent science, some of the implications of what we face, and the urgent need for accelerated action. Ellie Cohen will offer a brief overview of the Climate-Safe California suite of policies that address the climate crisis at the speed and scale required.
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Webinar #2: Phasing Out Fossil Fuels: A Just Transition in the Oil & Gas Drilling and Refining Sectors
February 23, 2021
Presenters: California State Senator Scott Wiener, Ingrid Brostrom, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, Gustavo Aguirre, Central California Environmental Justice Network, Greg Karras, Community Energy reSource, Steve Garey, former refinery worker
How do we transition away from fossil fuels to high-road, climate-friendly jobs? Speakers will discuss the current impacts of fossil fuel production on frontline communities and what needs to be done to address them, a plan for decommissioning California refineries, and the possibility of enacting a fracking ban. What does the clean energy future look like?
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Webinar #3: Creating Climate Resilient Communities – What will it take?
March 26, 2021
Presenters: Amee Raval, Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Melicia Charles, Silicon Valley Clean Energy; Lorenzo Kristov, former CAISO Policy Principal; Katrina Leni-Konig, California Energy Commission; David Burdick, TerraVerde Energy; Rachel McMahon, Sunrun; Jason Simon, Enphase; Ardi Arian, Renewable America.
To equitably reduce emissions and protect communities from worsening climate impacts, we must engage local voices in planning clean energy microgrids with storage to power resilience hubs, as well as health centers, fire stations, grocery stores, and other critical facilities during planned and unplanned outages. These hubs, powered by clean, affordable, reliable, and safe electricity, can provide essential services organized by and for the people who live there. In this webinar, we will explore the opportunities and challenges to this vision from a variety of perspectives.
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Webinar #3: Clean Mobility – Driving to 2030 with Speed and Equity
April 21, 2021
Presenters: Assemblymember Phil Ting; Dr. Joseph K. Lyou, Coalition for Clean Air; Andrea Vidaurre, Peoples Collective for Environmental Justice; Tin Le, Bay Area Air Quality Management District; Ruben Aronin, Better World Group; Lillian Mirviss, Center for Sustainable Energy; and Ricardo Hidalgo, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union
This webinar focused on multiple aspects of transportation and mobility, with a focus on achieving equity in the transportation sector. It included experts on electric vehicles, heavy equipment and freight, and the policies that will transform the transportation sector. Emissions from the transportation sector account for just over half of all greenhouse gas emissions in California. It is essential that we accelerate policies and programs that wean us off fossil fuel-based transportation systems as soon as possible.
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Doron Amiran at doron@theclimatecenter.org
Barry Vesser barry@theclimatecenter.org
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Endorse the Climate-Safe California Platform here with the full platform and detailed science references here (pdf).
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