This webinar focused on the heavy duty vehicle sector, one of California’s biggest decarbonization challenges. Presenters shared stories from the frontlines about impacts on community health and well-being as well as opportunities for transforming heavy duty fleets. This webinar asked the question: what is the best way to transition heavy duty vehicles, including those used … Read more
Connect with business leaders like you who are passionate about sustainability, and hear from our guest speakers, who will be outlining the incredible opportunity to bring the power of electric vehicle storage to bear as an asset in the grid for the future. Stephen Lassiter, Policy Director at SunRun, and Rani Murali, EV-Grid Integration & Energy Services Project Management Analyst at Ford Motor Company will discuss their companies’ ambitious partnership to accelerate Vehicle to Grid integration.
Last year, the City of Los Angeles spearheaded an innovative community engagement process around the question, “What are you most worried about regarding climate change impacts?” Led by the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office (CEMO) and involving hundreds of stakeholders, the resulting answer was extreme heat. What can be done to address the serious threat that … Read more
This is the second webinar in the Envisioning a Climate-Safe California: Stories and Solutions series. This webinar presented a vision for the future of California’s electricity system and highlighted the people and organizations working to create it. We explored the role of local governments, Community Choice Agencies (CCAs), and others in helping to plan for … Read more
This is the first webinar in the Envisioning a Climate-Safe California: Stories and Solutions series. As the consequences of inaction begin to mount, the human impacts of the climate crisis become more clear. We must ground ourselves in how our policymaking helps — or harms — people and communities as we forge the path toward … Read more
Thank you to the 60+ elected officials, business leaders, and community members who joined us for The Climate Center’s inaugural event in Los Angeles! Additional photos from the event are available here. Please endorse the Climate-Safe California campaign! Climate-Safe California is a set of policies that would allow California to remove more climate pollution from the … Read more
For several summers in a row, California has been plagued by unprecedented wildfires and associated power outages. As an alternative to diesel for energy back-up, some local governments have been planning for deployment of new, clean energy options, which can save money and improve resilience. This workshop will included presentations covering: Best … Read more
This webinar is the seventh in The Climate Center’s Investing in Climate Action for Jobs, Health, and Equity webinar series.
This webinar is the sixth in The Climate Center’s Investing in Climate Action for Jobs, Health, and Equity webinar series. Today, roughly 25 percent of California’s greenhouse gas emissions come from commercial and residential buildings. Even as cities begin to transition to all-electric buildings — and some cities are going further by banning natural gas in … Read more
Over the past few years, extreme heat episodes have been on the increase throughout California and especially in the Central Valley. Home to 4.3 million Californians and nearly one million people working in agriculture, the Central Valley faced more than 35 days of extreme heat in 2021. This number is expected to double in the next few … Read more
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