CAF14-205

Climate Change Risks in the Supply Chain: The Weak Link?

Speakers: Susanne Moser, Director and Principal Researcher, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting, Stanford University; Chris Erickson, President and CEO, Climate Earth Inc.; Robert Dickinson, President, Argos Analytics, LLC; MODERATOR: Emilie Mazzacurati, Founder and CEO, Four Twenty Seven

Climate change is set to impact agricultural and human systems around the world, significantly disrupting global and local supply chains. This session identifies what tools and data are needed to prevent or lessen climate-related disruptions in the supply chain. We discuss examples of weather-related crises that exemplify the risks brought about by climate change in the supply chain, and think through what monitoring, communication and analysis tools might have helped them prevent or reduce the impacts, or shorten the duration of the crisis. The session features demos of innovative tools and applications to assess and monitor risks in the supply chain.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

CAF14-217

Looking to Mainstream? Perspectives in Incorporating Climate Change in Hazard Mitigation Plans

Speakers: Tom Amabile, Senior Emergency Services Coordinator, San Diego County Office of Emergency Services; Sherrie Collins, Emergency Services Manager, Monterey County Office of Emergency Services; Victoria LaMar-Haas, Senior Emergency Services Coordinator, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Mitigation Planning Division; Juliette Hayes, Mitigation Planning Program Lead, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mitigation Planning Program; MODERATOR: Melissa Higbee, Program Officer, ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability

Local Hazard Mitigation Plans (LHMPS) offer an unparalleled opportunity to mainstream climate adaptation into existing planning efforts. This session introduces the frameworks for hazard mitigation and climate adaptation planning, with a focus on key similarities and differences. This session shares some of the methods and emerging models that local governments from across the country are using to incorporate climate change risks and adaptation in their hazard mitigation plans. Local emergency managers share their experiences developing unique approaches and partnerships to carry out this work. State and Federal officials share policy and resource development that supports this practice.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

CAF14-112

Who’s On First? Creating Multi-Agency, Multi-Jurisdictional Capacity to Respond to Climate Change

Speakers: Sandi Potter, Division Manager, Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Department; Karen Gaffney, Program Manager, Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District; Geof Syphers, CEO, Sonoma Clean Power; Caitlin Cornwall, Biologist and Development Officer, Sonoma Ecology Center; Coordination Committee Member, North Bay Climate Adaptation Initiative; MODERATOR: Suzanne Smith, Executive Director, Regional Climate Protection Authority

This session shares lessons learned in building adaptation capacity across agencies, jurisdictions and non-governmental organizations in Sonoma County, including the creation of novel structures for regional governance. We connect participants with presenters and one another to problem-solve across common challenges of coordination, communication, lack of resources, access to data, and others in trying to build resiliency at a local level. A short presentation from Sonoma County panelists introduce four different perspectives on climate action and capacity building, including insights into what has and has not been successful.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

CAF14-124

Reducing the Urban Heat Island Effect: A Perfect Adaptation + Mitigation Nexus

Speakers: Haley Gilbert, Principal Research Associate, Heat Island Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; David Fink, Director of Campaigns, Climate Resolve; Judy Robinson, Sustainability Manager, Sacramento County, Environmental Management Department; Misha Sarkovich, PhD, Program Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

This session promotes the reduction of the urban heat island effect as an important adaptation strategy that communities can implement producing several co-benefits in areas of pressing concern throughout California: water conservation, energy savings, public health, air quality and greenhouse gas reduction. The panelists highlight local solutions that have resulted in successful on-the-ground measures in California that simultaneously mitigate the heat island effect and contribute to climate change adaptation.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

Subtotal

$40.00