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Climate Week NYC 2024: Climate Communication Beyond the Ballot
The climate stakes of the 2024 U.S. general election couldn’t be higher. New political leadership could usher in climate progress at the local, state, and federal level or undo significant gains made in recent years. How can companies, investors, nonprofits, and activists across climate sectors adjust their messages and communications strategies to various outcomes of the election? This panel discussion will provide specific, actionable guidance about how to ensure your climate communications remain relevant and effective on January 20, 2025 and beyond. Panelists include Justin Worland, Senior Correspondent, Time; Joshua Low, Partnerships Director, Yale Program on Climate Change Communications; Jenn Beening, Marketing & Content Lead, MCJ; and Mckenna Dunbar, Building Electrification Lead, Sierra Club. Moderated by Josh Garrett, CEO and co-founder, Redwood Climate Communications
SEC Climate Disclosure Rule: What's Next for Sustainability and Carbon Markets
For climate professionals and sustainability-minded businesses, the SEC climate disclosure rule ratified on March 6 is a mixed bag. A meaningful step toward linking climate and financial risk to some, an inadequate attempt at promoting transparency and sustainability to others. However it is perceived, the rule will help shape the future policies and actions of U.S. businesses and their on again/off again relationship with carbon credit markets. What’s the right compliance strategy for the SEC rule? Will it trigger meaningful reductions in GHG emissions? How will the rule impact carbon management strategies and carbon credit portfolios? Join host Redwood Climate Communications for an illuminating discussion that seeks to answer those and other questions, featuring a panel of climate tech experts who will bring experience-based perspectives and practical advice for businesses and other stakeholders in the fields of corporate sustainability, climate finance, and carbon markets.Panelists include Kathy Kearns, SVP of Business Development at Ceezer; Josh Garrett, CEO and co-founder of Redwood Climate Communications; and Shaw Newman, Carbon Market and Policy Specialist. Moderated by Emily Pontecorvo, Founding Staff Writer, Heatmap News.
Climate Week NYC 2023: Dismantling Disinformation — How to Fight Back Against Climate Deniers, Doomers, and Delayers
Climate disinformation and misinformation are everywhere. For every exciting technological advancement or policy victory that marks progress, thousands of people and organizations communicate climate denial, delay, and doom. So what is a climate activist or climate-forward organization to do? Fight back! Join our panel of experts — Rollie Williams, Abbie Richards, Jacob Simon, Hazel Thayer, and Ilana Berger — for tips on how. Moderated by Redwood CEO Josh Garrett.
Climate Week NYC 2022: Are We Looking Up? Climate Communications at a Pivotal Moment
As more of the world experiences the intensifying impacts of the climate crisis, public communications about climate change are shifting. Following decades of under-reporting by news media, climate change and climate-influenced events appear in mainstream news reports on a daily basis. Join our diverse panel of communications experts — Lina Francis of Sierra Club, Andrew Revkin of Earth Institute at Columbia University, Sarah Lazarovic of Rewiring America — in this 60-minute virtual discussion about the role of communications in climate action. Moderated by Redwood CEO Josh Garrett.
Ins and Outs of Getting Climate Coverage
Climate solutions are only as effective as the audience they reach. In partnership with the Aspen Institute Future Climate Leaders Initiative, we convened journalists and media experts to discuss how to get media coverage of your work. Our expert panel included Alessandra Clark, Media Relations from The Nature Conservancy, Dickon Bonvik-Stone, Host of Communicating Climate Change, Leah Garden, Reporter at Greenbiz, Redwood CEO Josh Garrett, and Anna Hiatt of Covering Climate Now. Moderated by Redwood Senior Account Executives and Aspen Future Leaders, Emily Prettyman and Jessica Harrington.
Climate Careers Virtual Q&A
Fighting the climate crisis requires a robust green workforce. We assembled a panel to speak about the barriers faced by climate-job-seekers and how to make climate work more accessible. Speakers include Josh Garrett, Co-founder and CEO of Redwood Climate Communications, Eugene Kirpichov, Co-founder and Executive Director of Work on Climate, Daniel Hill, Innovation Director at the Environmental Defense Fund and founder of the #OpenDoorClimate movement, Pooja Tilvawala, Founder of Youth Climate Collaborative, and Kristy Drutman, Founder of Brown Girl Green and the Green Jobs Board. Moderated by Redwood Senior Account Executive, Jessica Harrington.