Ed Saltzberg, Managing Director of the Security and Sustainability Forum in a one-hour conversation with Citizen Climate Lobby’s Executive Director, Mark Reynolds. CCL is a non-profit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change.
SSF and CCL are aligned in our view of the importance of local action and bipartisan political activism to move governmental bodies toward rational climate mitigation policy and the incorporation of resilience planning into decision making.
Mark Reynolds Executive Director — Citizen’s Climate Lobby
During his tenure, CCL has been marked by exceptionally rapid growth, with the organization doubling or tripling in size every year. Mark is an expert on helping disparate interests find common ground on energy, public policy, and the environment.
Edward Saltzberg Managing Director — Security and Sustainability Forum Ed is a founder of SSF, which convenes global experts to address impacts to society from natural and man made disruptions. Ed has been a senior officer in energy and environmental firms and a sustainability consultant to government agencies.
Thank you for participating in the September webinar introducing Julian Bentley’s online electric vehicle professional development course being offered by the Environmental and Energy Management Institute at GWU’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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If you missed the webinar or want to watch it again, click the slide. We offered webinar participants a special 25% discount for the course.Course fee is $350, so you save $80. Receive a GWU certificate. (Discount expires on December 19, 2018.)
About the Electric Vehicle Course Mobility expert Julian Bentley’s course is designed for working professionals including educators, government and corporate decision makers, automobile dealers and consultants.
Students will learn about the types of electric vehicles, the EV market and factors driving market growth, barriers to growth and how the market may overcome potential barriers, EV charging structures and charging station deployment, barriers to growth and how the market may overcome potential barriers.
What are the risks and opportunities in the resilience finance marketplace? What financial mechanisms are available to identify, evaluate, and manage climate risk?
While the IPCC has made clear that “it’s 2030 or bust” if we are to avert the worst impacts of climate change, less than 2% of philanthropic capital is directed towards climate solutions. Can that be changed?
Join Arizona State University’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and Matthew Nordan, Managing Director and co-founder of Prime Coalition, for this 90-minute webinar about how philanthropy can help speed the transition to a clean energy future. Matthew will share Prime Coalition’s story and their work with foundations to research and invest charitable capital in early stage companies that can have transformational impacts on climate change.
The session was sponsored by The 90-minute webinar, sponsored by Arizona State University’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Heather Martin, Board Member of Edwards Mother Earth Foundation, a small yet trail-blazing family foundation that has invested 100% of its endowment in climate solutions. Click the slide to download the EMEF case study.
Nick Flores from client advisor, Caprock Group, who will provide a brief summary of the current state of foundations aligning endowments with climate missions and what it takes to overcome barriers.
Matthew Nordan who will discuss Prime Coalition’s mission and approach to catalyzing philanthropic investment in early stage climate ventures that have the potential to make significant climate impacts.
Catha Groot who will explain Radicle Impact’s mission and TomKat Foundation objectives and why & how they’re investing in early stage climate ventures.
Actionable Science Solutions for Local Resilience Actionable Science Solutions for Local Resilience from Security & Sustainability Forum on Vimeo. Download the slides here Lauren Keeler, Assistant Research Professor inASU’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society, moderates this conversation with with Grant Davis from Sonoma County Water Agency and Cecilio Ortiz Garcia from the University of Puerto Rico. Sustainable Infrastructure and Resilience […]
How can the power of design be harnessed to address pressing challenges such as poverty and climate change? Designer and strategist Cheryl Heller will discuss social design , a new approach to navigating uncertainty and strengthening collaboration. She’ll share the principles and process of social design as well as case studies. Join author and designer Cheryl Heller in a 90-minute webinar, […]
We know that walkable cities are desirable for so many reasons, including for our health and our environment. But what steps should cities take to become more walkable? Join author and urban planner Jeff Speck in a 90-minute webinar, co-sponsored by SSF and Island Press, to explore some of the practical rules that cities should […]
WHAT IS URP? Learn how the Island Press Urban Resilience Project (URP) is forging a greener, fairer future! HEALING TRAUMA Read an adapted excerpt from Suzanne Bohan’s Twenty Years of Lifeon the innovative, trauma-informed approach to education that is catching on in districts from Washington State to Washington DC. […]
With climate change already impacting us, what policies should we prioritize now to achieve a low carbon future? And what are the models for urban development that will put cities on the low carbon path while helping them thrive in a changing climate? Join SSF and Island Press in a 90-minute webinar to explore these […]
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