America Is All In Pavilion at COP27

Live Stream Event Here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdoQGLvqcm5bo5tPVKlmhkvoBITWjwCLA

12 November

11:30am-12:30pm Egypt Time

Subnational Leadership on Climate-Ocean Action:  Assessing Risk and Deploying Local Response

Co-hosted by OA Alliance & Pew Charitable Trusts

Hear from subnational leaders on the front lines of addressing climate-ocean change, who are using a variety of strategies to assess climate risk and information needs, leverage investments and formulate solutions that apply targeted science to management at local and regional scales.

AGENDA

Welcome and Introductions

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, U.S. Congress, State of Oregon District 1

Policy: Assessing Climate-Ocean Risk

 Province of British Columbia, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, The Honourable George Heyman

State of California Insurance Commissioner, Office of Commissioner Ricardo Lara

Policy: Exploring Local Response Strategies

Administrator Michael Regan, U.S. EPA (invited) 

Senator John Laird (California Senate District 17)

Queen Quet, Gullah/ Geechee Nation

Jennifer Browning, Director, Conserving Marine Life in the US, Pew Charitable Trusts

Brad Ack, Executive Director, Ocean Visions

 
Power of subnational collaborations

The Ocean Conservancy, Director of Climate Policy, Anna-Marie Laura

OA Alliance, Director, Jessie Turner