Citizens' Climate Lobby

Climate Change and National Security

The panel will explore the questions, “How will climate change affect our national security and what should we be doing about it  NOW? “  It will provide information for volunteers to use in meetings with MoC’s offices on Lobby Day and in grass roots efforts at home.  LtGen Castellaw will address the issue from two perspectives, his extensive military career and his experience since then as CEO of Farmspace Systems LLC in communicating  common values with farmers and rural communities.  Roger Sorkin will discuss his new organization, the Tidewater Security Project, which harnesses the power of film to move leaders and fellow citizens toward strengthening our national security against the greatest environmental threats civilization has ever faced.

Speakers

 

Lt. Col. George Kralovec USMC (Ret)

Moderator

CCL VA Fairfax Chapter

Chapter Leader

 

Lt. Gen. John Castellaw USMC (Ret)

Farmspace Systems LLC.

President/CEO

 

Roger Sorkin

Tidewater Security Project

Executive Producer

CCL Training: Communicating With Conservatives

Join CCL Conservative Outreach Fellow Kelsey Grant for a training on Communicating with conservatives regarding the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act. Kelsey will review conservative messaging on climate change and highlight the conservative support aligning with key messages and underlying components, connecting how the bill aligns with conservative values.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):

• Jonathan Haidt & Moral Foundation Theory (4:41)
• In-Group Loyalty vs. Betrayal (9:36)
• Authority & Purity/Sanctity (18:10)
• Values & The Energy Innovation Act (24:27)
• Effective Communication Example (33:36)

Presentation Slides: cclusa.org/cvt-conservatives
Conservative Quote Cards: cclusa.org/conservative-quote-cards
CCL Community Training Page: community.citizensclimate.org/topics/communicating-across-the-aisle/conservatives

Climate Change and Labor - Challenges and Opportunities

Support from organized labor will be important to Congress passing our legislation. Two of our panelists will help us to understand how labor and unions see climate change and the challenges and opportunities it presents, and will share how their organizations are helping workers to address them. Our third panelist is a RN and Certified Nurse-Midwife who works with other nurses in the U.S. and globally on a variety of environmental health issues including climate change.  We may learn information which can help us in our lobbying on Tuesday.

Speakers

 

Dave Massen

Moderator

Citizens' Climate Lobby

 

Joe Uehlein

Labor Network for Sustainability

Founding President

 

Lee Anderson

BlueGreen Alliance

Director of Legislation and Policy

 

Katie Huffling

Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE)

Director of Programs

Energy Innovations & Transformations for a Livable Climate

Defeating climate change requires a massive transformation of our worldwide energy systems, sources, and infrastructure. There’s more to it than wishing a billion solar panels into existence. Join our panel of nationally recognized experts, who cover the spectrum from electricity generation, to vehicles, to industrial energy to building efficiency. Climate change and energy are inextricably linked. Find out what our panel thinks the future will hold.

Speakers

 

Rick Knight

Moderator

Citizens' Climate Lobby

State Coordinator, Illinois

 

Michael Panfil

Environmental Defense Fund

Director of Federal Energy Policy

 

Ellen Vaughan

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Policy Director, Sustainable Buildings

 

Dr. Eric Larson

Climate Central, Inc.

Senior Scientist, Energy Systems

Climate & Weather: How Do They Connect?

Scientists are sometimes asked if a weather catastrophe was “caused” by climate change. Their answers can cause more confusion than clarification, because there is no single cause for any weather event.  Every such event arises from the interplay of many factors, one of which is the excess global heat buildup we call climate change. But what role does it play in specific events? Our esteemed panel of climate scientists will help unravel the mysteries behind this vital question.

Speakers

 

Rick Knight

Moderator

Citizens' Climate Lobby

State Coordinator, Illinois

 

Dr. Tony Broccoli

Rutgers University

Professor

 

Dr. Dan Kirk-Davidoff

University of Maryland

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science

How Climate Advocates Can Frame the Health Impacts and Co-benefits Discussion to Maximize Action

Please note that due to technical difficulties this session was joined in progress.  

Learn from an outstanding group of experts on climate and health, Dr. Jonathan Patz, Dr. Mona Sarfaty, and Dr. Natasha DeJarnette as they answer a series of questions designed to highlight important health impacts of climate change, as well as the health and economic co-benefits of taking action on climate. 

Each of the panelists is a well-known expert in his or her field and will provide insights about how to mobilize our health communities to build the political will for a stable climate. 

 

Dr. Elizabeth (Lisa) Del Buono

Moderator

Grand Traverse Pathology, Munson Medical Center

Physician, Surgical Pathologist

 

Dr. Jonathan Patz

Global Health Institute of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professor and Director

 

Dr. Mona Sarfaty

George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication

Director of the Program on Climate and Health

 

Dr. Natasha DeJarnett PhD, MPH

American Public Health Association

Policy Analyst – Environmental Health

Getting Everything Right: Ambitious Global Climate Action after Paris

The Paris Agreement brings all 195 nations that are parties to the 1992 UN Climate Convention into an active role in combatting climate change. It adds new principles to international law—like adherence to intergenerational equity and coherence of direction in decarbonization—and sends the strongest signal the world has yet seen to investors everywhere to change practices and eliminate climate damage from their activities. Learn how innovative carbon pricing, innovative global governance strategies, and innovative modes of citizen engagement are bringing us closer to a genuinely ambitious global climate response

Speakers

 

Joseph Robertson

Moderator

Citizens' Climate Education

Global Strategy Director

 

Myra Jackson

United Nations

UN Permanent Representative and Focal Point on Climate Change, Diplomat of the Biosphere, SRC

 

Thomas Kerr

World Bank Group/IFC

World Bank Climate Team

 

Alden Meyer

Union of Concerned Scientists

Director of Strategy & Policy

Climate Justice

The environmental and climate justice movement is one that holds an utmost importance to the fight for a livable climate.  During this session we will hear from three unique organizations to better understand where they see the climate justice movement at now, and where they see it going in the future and what the major issues they see currently facing the communities they represent are. The panels goal is that we can all come away with a deeper understanding of this movement and begin to work towards some productive and respectful partnerships going forward.

Speakers

 

Stephanie Doyle

Moderator

Citizens' Climate Education

Senior Outreach Liaison

 

Kari Fulton

Empower DC

Community Organizer, Environmental Justice Campaign

 

Leslie Fields

Sierra Club

 

Dr. Khalil Shahyd

Natural Resources Defense Council

Project Manager

From the Arctic to the Amazon Protecting Vulnerable Places and Populations

Although climate change is everywhere, its impacts are borne unevenly, and those most vulnerable bear the harshest consequences. We will illuminate the chains of cause and effect linking global warming to ongoing disruptions in the Arctic, the Amazon, and to the avian populations that rely on rainforests, arctic habitats, and everywhere in between.  Having broken the planetary carbon cycle, and in addition to reducing sources of carbon (by for example pricing carbon) we must repair carbon sinks that we’ve damaged and prevent future damage. From this perspective, we’ll take a brief look at the role of the Arctic and forests in terms of what’s happening now and opportunities for restorative action.

Speakers

 

Harold Hedelman

Moderator

Business Climate Leaders

Director of Engagment

 

Matthew Anderson

National Audubon Society

Vice President of the Climate Initiative

 

Sean Powers

Earth Rights International

Litigator

 

David Thoreson

Blue Water Studios

Oceans and Global Change Breakout from the 2016 CCL Conference

The oceans play an important role in the earth’s climate system, absorbing both heat and carbon  While these processes act to mitigate the effects of global warming, they are not without their own consequences. In this session, panelists will discuss some of the impacts on ocean circulation, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and marine life.  The panel will also explore how reductions in greenhouse gas emissions would help mitigate these effects.

Speakers

 

Dr. Andrew McDonnell

Moderator

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Chemical Oceanographer

 

Ryan Ono

Ocean Conservancy

Program Coordinator

 

Dr. Anand Gnanadesikan

Johns Hopkins University

Oceanographer in the Oceans and Climate Group

 

Dr. Ingrid Biedron

Oceana

Marine Scientist