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Date(s) - June 6, 2022 - June 7, 2022
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Save the Date: June 6 – 7, 2022
The inaugural Climate Transitions Dialogue (CTD) will take place June 6 – 7, 2022 at Colorado State University Lory Student Center in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Join the Dialogue https://climatetransitions.org/join-the-dialogue/
Planned activities include:
Community-Building & Exploration: CTD will catalyze and encourage people and groups to learn more about Colorado’s climate transition community; reflect on our circumstance in depth and gain collective understanding of specific climate transition needs; and begin the process of discovering innovative solutions. CTD aims to create a space that encourages inclusive conversation, mutual learning, and collaborative definition of issues and priorities for action.
Establishment of New Networks and Collaborative Action: CTD will begin and foster continued dialogue that encourages the formation of new relationships, networks and partnerships among public and private entities and across social, environmental, and technological ecosystems. Our goal is to build trust and generate ideas for joint action.
Please note that the agenda below is subject to change.
Day 1 – June 6:
8:00 – 8:30 am: Registration & Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 am: Welcome, Agenda & Context Setting
Jeff Muhs (CSU Energy Institute)
8:45 – 9:00 am: RSVP Results & Dialogue Primer
Martin Carcasson (CSU Center for Public Deliberation)
9:00 – 9:30 am: Small Group Dialogue #1
9:30 – 9:50 am: Break
9:50 – 10:50 am: Panel – The Climate Change Challenge in Colorado
– Moderator: Peter Backlund (CSU School of Global Environmental Sustainability)
– Russ Schumacher (CSU & State of Colorado Climatologist)
– Lisa Dilling (University of Colorado – Boulder, Environmental Scientist)
10:50 – 11:50 am: Small Group Dialogue #2
11:50 am – 12:50 pm: Lunch
12:50 – 1:50 pm: Panel – Climate Impacts & Adaptation Opportunities and Challenges
– Moderator: Courtney Schultz (CSU Climate Adaptation Partnership)
– Brad Udall (CSU Water Center)
– Camille Stevens Rumann (CSU Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship)
– Gene Kelly (CSU Agriculture Experiment Station)
1:50 – 2:35 pm: Small Group Dialogue #3
2:35 – 2:55 pm: Break
2:55 – 3:55 pm: Panel – Emissions Reduction, Sequestration, and Removal Opportunities and Challenges
– Moderator: Bryan Willson (Executive Director, CSU Energy Institute)
– Ned Harvey (Chairman, Colorado Cleantech Industry Association) – Invited
– Jane Zelikova (Executive Director, CSU Soil Carbon Solutions Center)
– Ed Barbier (CSU Economist – Carbon Taxation)
3:55 – 4:40 pm: Small Group Dialogue #4
4:40 – 5:00 pm: Break
5:00 – 5:30 pm: Panel – Reflections on Day 1 of the Climate Transitions Dialogue
– Moderator: Martin Carcasson
– Joe von Fischer (CSU Biology)
– Honore Depew (City of Fort Collins Climate Program Manager)
– Panelist TBA
5:30 – 5:35 pm: Day 1 Close Out
5:35 – 7:30 pm: Reception with Themed Discussion Areas
Day 2 – June 7:
8:00 – 8:30 am: Breakfast
8:30 – 8:40 am: Recap Day 1 & Overview of Day 2
Jeff Muhs (CSU Energy Institute)
8:40 – 9:40 am: Panel – Equitable & Just Climate Transitions
– Moderator: Mirielle Gonzalez (CSU Center for Public Deliberation)
– Winna MacLaren (Denver Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resilience)
– Other panelists TBA
9:40 – 10:10 am: Small Group Dialogue #5
10:10 – 10:30 am: Break
10:30 – 11:30 am: Panel – Challenges of Institutional Change in Climate Transitions
– Moderator: Josie Plaut (CSU Institute for the Built Environment)
– Bill Ritter, Jr. (Director, CSU Center for the New Energy Economy)
– Jim Lockhead (CEO, Denver Water)
– Alice Jackson (President, Xcel Energy – Colorado)
– Duane Highley (CEO, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association)
11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Small Group Dialogue #6
12:00 – 12:15 pm: Closing Remarks
Peter Backlund