
Climate One
We’re living through a climate emergency; addressing this crisis begins by talking about it. Co-Hosts Greg Dalton, Ariana Brocious and Kousha Navidar bring you empowering conversations that connect all aspects of the challenge — the scary and the exciting, the individual and the systemic. Join us.Subscribe to Climate One on Patreon for access to ad-free episodes.
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Feb 7, 2008 • 1h 12min
Panel: Climate Change after Bali
Ambassador RENO L. HARNISH III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific
Affairs
DIANA FARRELL, Director, McKinsey Global Institute
KEN CALDEIRA, Scientist, Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology
Bush Administration Assistant Secretary of State and Climate Change authority Ambassador RENO L. HARNISH III headlines a panel of experts who will examine the next steps in addressing the crisis. This comes on the heels of last week’s conference in Honolulu that made global headlines. Later this year, Harnish will lead the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008), which will bring together government, civil society and private business leaders to deliberate the benefits and costs of a major and rapid scale-up in the global deployment of renewable energy technology. WIREC will specifically look at developing an overall policy towards reducing greenhouse gas intensity globally. The Honolulu event followed the much-publicized negotiations in Bali in December, which ended with an 11th hour, worldwide consensus on a roadmap for reducing carbon emissions. What happens next? Many tough issues are at stake, including which countries should reduce carbon emissions the most and how much they should rely on either market forces or government regulation.
Commonwealth Club V.P Greg Dalton who orchestrated this event said, “We are honored to assemble such a high profile and esteemed group to explore these critical and timely issues. Our hope is that this discussion will generate some viable solutions in this ongoing global dialogue.”
Ambassador Harnish previously led U.S. policy on scientific and environmental cooperation with the new independent states of the Soviet Union and was Environment, Science and Technology Counselor for the U.S. Embassy in Rome. Diana Farrell directs the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), an economics research arm of the international consulting giant. Ken Caldeira does extensive research on climate change at the Carnegie Institution Dept. of Global Ecology and is an op-ed contributor for the New York Times.
This program was recorded in front of a live audience on February 7, 2008
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Jan 24, 2008 • 1h 7min
Brent Plater, Golden Gate University Environmental Law and Justice Clinic; RACE AGAINST TIME: The 2008 GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year
RACE AGAINST TIME: The 2008 GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year
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Nov 28, 2007 • 1h 4min
Fighting Climate Change: Sinking Carbon and Raising Living Standards
FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE
LARRY BRILLIANT, Executive Director, Google.org
ANDREA GARDNER, Sustainable Solutions Manager, CH2M Hill
AD MELKERT, Undersecretary of the United Nations, Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
NANCY PFUND, Managing Director, JPMorgan
GREG DALTON, Vice President, Commonwealth Club-Moderator
SINKING CARBON AND RAISING LIVING STANDARDS
While many Californians consider buying hybrid cars and unplugging
their computer, most of the world's 6 billion people covet having any
kind of car and can only dream of having a laptop one day. Yet
fighting global climate change will require lifestyle changes by
everyone. How can that happen without slamming the world's poor, who
are most vulnerable to the health and weather effects of global
warming? How can California's innovation in climate policy and
technologies help by decoupling carbon emissions from GDP growth?
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May 2, 2007 • 1h 2min
Panel: How Green is Your City? The SustainLane U.S. City Rankings
How Green is Your City? The SustainLane U.S. City Rankings.
Appearing with me will be the ever-entertaining Director of the Department of the Environment for San Francisco, Jared Blumenfeld--abandon your notions of a staid city bureaucrat--and Ian Kim from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, which is leading up a "green collar" jobs program for the city.
This panel talks about the future of green cities, local jobs, economic development and clean tech in the 21st century, with representatives from the #2 city (San Francisco) and #5 city (Oakland) out of the largest 50 US cities profiled in How Green is Your City?
This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club on May 2, 2009
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Mar 29, 2007 • 1h
Todd Paglia, Executive Director, ForestEthics
Todd Paglia Executive Director, ForestEthics,
THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALISM: USING CORPORATE POWER FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
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Mar 27, 2007 • 1h 11min
Panel: Climate Change and Government-Local Policy Directions For Addressing Climate Change
LOCAL POLICY DIRECTIONS FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE
Panel:
MICHEL GELOBTER, President, Redefining Progress; Board Member, Natural Resources Defense Council
DAVID R. BAKER, Markets and Energy Writer, San Francisco Chronicle
SEVERIN BORENSTEIN, Director, UC Energy Institute;
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Mar 21, 2007 • 1h 9min
Panel: Solar Power Update-California's Moment In The Sun
SOLAR POWER UPDATE: CALIFORNIA'S MOMENT IN THE SUN
DAVID EDWARDS, Managing Director, ThinkEquity Partners LLC
MICHAEL HALL, Chief Marketing Officer, Borrego Solar
MARTIN ROSCHEISEN, CEO, Nanosolar, Inc., J.P. ROSS, Director of Programs, Vote Solar
ARNO HARRIS, CEO, Recurrent Energy, Inc. – Moderator,
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Feb 28, 2007 • 1h 1min
Sherry Boshert, Author of "PLUG-IN CARS: HOW TO GET ONE AND WHY"
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