California Climate Policy Summit 2023

Deadline extended! Register before March 24, 2023, to secure your early-bird ticket price!

California made historic progress on climate in 2022 — and we have the opportunity to do even more in the year ahead. Together, we passed the boldest set of climate laws in recent history, made major investments in clean energy, and mobilized our elected leaders to stand up to corporate polluters. The momentum is shifting in our favor, but we still have so much more to do to secure a climate-safe future for all.

California is still grappling with prolonged drought, life-threatening heatwaves, and devastating wildfires. Our century-old power grid is failing under the stress of the climate crisis, leaving millions of people vulnerable to power outages during climate disasters. And air pollution from fossil fuels is poisoning far too many of our communities. All the while, fossil fuel interests are fighting tooth and nail to reverse our hard-fought progress.

Against this backdrop, the second annual California Climate Policy Summit will bring together elected and business leaders, policy experts, activists, and environmental justice advocates to build support for climate policy commensurate with what science demands. The Summit will take place on April 11, 2023, at the Holiday Inn Downtown-Arena (300 J Street) in Sacramento, followed by a lobby day at state legislative offices on April 12.

Register today and stay tuned for updates on our program, agenda, and speakers. We look forward to seeing you in Sacramento!

Featured speakers

Assemblymember Isaac Bryan

California State Assembly, District 55

Isaac Bryan represents California’s 55th Assembly District, which consists of Baldwin Hills, the Crenshaw district, Culver City, Ladera Heights, Mar Vista…

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Assemblymember Luz M. Rivas

California State Assembly, District 43

Assemblywoman Luz M. Rivas was born in Los Angeles to an immigrant family and grew up in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. She attended LA Unified schools before earning a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT…

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Nalleli Cobo

Goldman Prize Winner and Co-Founder, People Not Pozos

Since she was nine years old, Nalleli Cobo has been organizing against urban oil extraction. Her activism has now yielded major policy movement within both the Los Angeles City Council and Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, both of which have voted to end new oil exploration and phase out existing sites.

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Lauren Sanchez

Senior Climate Advisor, Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom

Lauren Sanchez has over a decade of experience in tackling the climate crisis from government, academic and non-profit roles at the global, national and local levels. She currently serves as Governor Newsom’s Senior Advisor for Climate and most recently served as Senior Advisor to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.

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View the list of speakers as well as the Summit agenda on Eventee.