Citizens' Climate Lobby

More and more, we're hearing from congressional offices that they're using social media to communicate with constituents. Sometimes a few tweets is enough to get their attention on an issue. Twitter is also a good vehicle for finding new members and engaging with journalists. CCL Communications Director Steve Valk will cover the basics for getting started on Twitter, accumulating followers, tracking activity and interacting with members of Congress, the media and potential members.

Speaker

 

Steve Valk

Citizens' Climate Lobby

Director of Communications

Plenary session from the 2016 Citizens' Climate Lobby Conference featuring Dr. Jonathan Patz, Director of the Global Health Institute.

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

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

How comfortable are you talking to a conservative climate change skeptic?  Join us for this session to get tips on how to frame your conversation to lead to common ground.  Learn how moral foundations differ between liberals and conservatives and how to use that knowledge to build consensus on climate change.  Also hear how to leverage ingroup conservative allies to improve your chance of making climate change progress.  Next, ask questions directly to our expert panel on these topics and more.  

Speakers

 

Grant Couch

Moderator

CCL Conservative Caucus

Co-Founder

 

Bruce Tierney

Moderator

Citizens' Climate Lobby

Orange County Central Co-Leader

 

Dr. Bill Curtis

Mississippi Gulf Coast Chapter

Volunteer

 

Peter Bryn

Citizens' Climate lobby

Conservative Director

 

Jay Butera

Citizens' Climate Lobby

Senior Congressional Liaison

 

Zaurie Zimmerman

Zaurie Zimmerman Associates, Inc.

CEO

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

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

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

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

Panel discussion from the Citizens' Climate Lobby/Citizens' Climate Education moderated by Mark Reynolds,

Citizens' Climate Lobby Executive Director.

 

Keya Chatterjee

US Climate Action Network

Executive Director

 

Joan Rosenhauer

Catholic Relief Services

Executive Vice President, U.S. Operations

 

Jerry Taylor

The Niskanen Center

President

 

Bill Twist

Pachamama Alliance

Co-Founder CEO