Creating Local Impact
The Engage听Locally Series听encompassed听six national and community-focused panels exploring how each of us can create positive local change to benefit our communities.
Day 1: Impacts
Creating Local Impact
The Engage听Locally Series听encompassed听six national and community-focused panels exploring how each of us can create positive local change to benefit our communities.
Day 1: Impacts
Friday, December 2, 2022
Climate change is a global challenge, but its impact is felt locally. Colorado has become all too familiar with the effects of a warmer climate鈥攆rom fast-moving wildfires to poor air quality and flood risks. Faculty members and Boulder experts discussed how climate change is impacting our communities and how we can reduce our emissions, improve resilience and make equity a priority in local climate action.
惭辞诲别谤补迟辞谤:听Jonathan Koehn
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Friday, December 2, 2022
Leaders from the Association of American Universities (AAU) and University Climate Change Coalition (UC3) discussed the research, innovation, education and public engagement efforts needed to accelerate climate solutions that respond to the needs of individuals and communities, and show respect for human rights.
Association of American Universities 鈥� University Climate Change Coalition
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Day 2: Obligations
Saturday, December 3, 2022
The sustainability officer plays an increasingly important role as businesses seek to address the societal impacts of their operations in a changing global climate. A panel of industry leaders discussed the actions their organizations are taking, the challenges to progress they face and the further commitments they must make to support a more sustainable future for all.
抖阴旅行射 Leeds School of Business Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR)
Moderator: Kathryn Wendell,听director, Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Saturday, December 3, 2022
Learning and engaging in conversation about climate change is important, but now we must create solutions for our future. Select members of Congress and leading climate policy advocates discussed how to achieve the climate policy that will bring real change to our communities.
惭辞诲别谤补迟辞谤:听Caitlyn Kim, , D.C.-based public affairs reporter
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Day 3: Solutions
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Interested in building bridges across the aisle to address climate change? This event featured panelists from politically diverse and bipartisan-oriented youth climate advocacy groups in a conversation with a 抖阴旅行射 student audience.
惭辞诲别谤补迟辞谤:听Matthew Burgess, assistant professor of environmental studies and director,
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Sunday, December 4, 2022
This interactive and creative workshop for climate action included fun activities to gain a feeling of belonging as part of a generation of change makers. Attendees explored how to carry forth the wisdom from our ancestors to avoid the 鈥渦nsustainable or scorched path鈥� and chart our own course toward a 鈥済reen path鈥� for an equitable, survivable and thrive-able future. Together, weaving听the social fabric and becoming the ancestors we want to be.