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ACT Webinar, Building Community Resilience: Climate Action & Equity
May 22, 2020
ACT News, Climate Change, Community Events, Featured
May 22, 2020
On June 10th, 2020, ACT hosted an insightful discussion with Dr. Edward Cameron about climate justice and equity in a post COVID-19 world.
Scroll down to view the webinar recordings and download the slides.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted stark levels of social inequity and vulnerability that offer key insights for low carbon resilience planning as we consider recovery and ways to “build back better.”
This ACT webinar, hosted by ACT Executive Director, Deborah Harford, and ICABCCI Lead Researcher, Dr. Alison Shaw, welcomed renowned climate change and justice expert Dr. Edward Cameron to lead a dynamic discussion about the intersection of climate action and equity in a post COVID-19 world.
When: June 10th, 2020, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PDT
To download the slides from this webinar, click here.
Part 1: Deborah Harford, ACT ED, Introduction
Part 2: Dr. Alison Shaw, ICABCCI & Low Carbon Resilience for Local Governments
Part 3: Dr. Edward Cameron, Climate (in)action and (in)equity
Part 4: Dr. Edward Cameron, A World Made New
Part 5: Question & Answer Period
Dr. Cameron has spent 23 years shaping public policy and corporate responses to climate change, specializing in greenhouse gas emissions reductions, enhanced understanding of climate risk and the strengthening of societal resilience. He engages governments, businesses, civil society, academia, philanthropy and the media to catalyze bold collective action in pursuit of a low-carbon, climate-resilient and inclusive global economy. Dr. Cameron’s portfolio includes work on five continents with some of the world’s leading organizations and companies, including the World Bank, the World Resources Institute, the European Union and the Republic of Maldives.