| | | CAF14-200 | | Plenary – Promising Responses: Where the Rubber Meets the Road Speakers: Salud Carbajal, Supervisor, County of Santa Barbara; Rick Cole, Deputy Mayor for Budget and Innovation, City of Los Angeles; Nicola Hedge, Director of Climate Initiative, San Diego Foundation and Vice Chair of the Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation; Alice Hill, Senior Advisor for Preparedness and Resilience to the President’s Assistant for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, White House National Security Council; John Laird, Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency California’s position as a global leader on climate change is built on the actions of proactive policymakers and agents of change at all levels of government. Future solutions to increase resiliency and achieve the deeper emission reductions needed to meet our 2050 climate goals will come from integrated actions that cross sector and jurisdictional boundaries. This panel features leaders taking action now and forging new partnerships to achieve comprehensive solutions to this era’s most challenging problem. Each of these leaders shares their own stories of the benefits of collective action to achieve maximum results from resiliency efforts. | | MP3 | | $10.00 | | $10.00 | |
| | | CAF14-128 | | Forest & Flood Management as an Adaptation Strategy: Lessons from Local Officials Speakers: Demetra McBride, Director, Santa Clara County’s Office of Sustainability; Jim Read, Executive Director, Public Services, El Paso County, CO; Lucinda Andreani, Deputy Director, Public Works, Coconino County, AZ; MODERATOR: Rob Pressly, Program Manager, Green Government Initiative, National Association of Counties
Recent years have seen increased frequency and severity of wildfires, exacerbated by drought conditions and often coupled with flooding and mudslides. Loss of forest land and construction on steep slopes due to increased development pressures further aggravates the risks of short-term disasters and impacts local economies that are dependent upon working landscape, while reducing the availability of carbon sinks to mitigate climate change. This session explores how some communities are developing strategies to address forest and flood management within climate change adaptation strategies, and helps participants take the next steps to further the ability of local leaders to address forest and flood management. | | MP3 | | $10.00 | | $10.00 | |
