Climate One

Fossil fuels have lifted nations into the modern era, bringing wealth and well being to many. But as we turn away from these carbon intensive energy sources, will the promise of jobs and prosperity from a clean energy society, be fulfilled? Or will the gulf between the haves and have-nots simply widen? And how will we protect everyone from the health impacts of a hot world?

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PG&E recently announced plans to close the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant by 2025 and replace it with renewable energy. What does this mean for Californians?

David R. Baker, Energy Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle

John Geesman, Attorney, Dickson Geesman LLP

Dian Grueneich, Former Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

Michael Shellenberger, President, Environmental Progress

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on August 9, 2016

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Today’s smart homes can be managed from your phone; banking can be done with the swipe of an app. But how vulnerable are we to hackers and cyberterrorism?

General Keith Alexander (Ret.),Former Director, National Security Agency; Founder and CEO, IronNet Cybersecurity

Alfred Berkeley, Former Director, World Economic Forum USA

David Mount, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on July 20, 2016

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America’s National Parks are struggling to find a balance between the needs of a growing population and the desire to preserve our natural heritage.

John Hart, Author, An Island in Time: 50 Years of Point Reyes National Seashore (Pickleweed Press, 2012)

Jordan Fisher Smith, Author, Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight over Controlling Nature (Crown, 2016)

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on July 19, 2016

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As the dry spell continues, studies show that California could be facing a megadrought lasting decades. How do we adjust to the “new normal” in our climate?

Noah Diffenbaugh, Associate Professor, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University

Peter Gleick, President and Co-founder, Pacific Institute

Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture

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Global warming is hitting closer to home than we think, from a neighborhood child gasping with asthma to a parent collapsing from heatstroke. These realities led U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to assert in April that climate change presents the most complex threat to public health in U.S. history. Rachel Morello-Frosch, Professor, University of California, Berkeley Linda Rudolph, Director, Center for Climate Change and Health, Public Health Institute Robert Gould, Director of Health Professional Outreach and Education, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, UCSF Katrina Peters, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on April 5, 2016

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In November California voters have the chance to legalize marijuana. Could bringing one of our biggest industries out of the shadows help our environment?

Scott Greaten, Executive Director, Friends of the Eel River

Roger Morgan, Executive Director, Coalition for Drug Free California

Michael Sutton, Former President, California Fish & Game Commission

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on June 14, 2016

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Our planet’s oceans drive our weather and generate much of our oxygen -- and they’re being severely impacted by climate change. What can be done about it?

Liz Taylor, President, DOER Marine

Peter Willcox, Captain, Rainbow Warrior, author, Greenpeace Captain: My Adventures in Protecting the Future of Our Planet (Thomas Dunne Books, 2016)

Stiv Wilson, Director of Campaigns, Story of Stuff

Many Californians are wondering if El Niño has saved the Golden State from its historic drought. The snowpack in Sierra Nevada is more robust, reservoirs in Northern California are more full, and Folsom Lake even rose 10 feet in the month of March. However, the state is nowhere near pre-drought conditions. Three experts joined Greg Dalton at the Commonwealth Club to discuss the future of water in the Golden State. Ashley Boren, Executive Director, Sustainable Conservation Max Gomberg, Climate Change Manager, State Water Resources Control Board Gabriele Ludwig, Director, Sustainability & Environmental Affairs, Almond Board of California Barton Thompson, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on April 5, 2016

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A two-part conversation about the present and future of atomic power in a hot and crowded world. David R. Baker, Energy Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle Caroline Cochran, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Oklo Lucas Davis, Associate Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Jessica Lovering, Director of Energy, The Breakthrough Institute Jose Reyes, Chief Technology Officer, NuScale Power Ray Rothrock, Partner Emeritus, Venrock This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on March 15, 2016.

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