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Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Workforce Wednesdays
Find out more about the briefings in this series below:
Sept 2
Preparing High Schoolers for Green Careers
Sept 9
A New Spin on Conservation Corps
Sept 16
Energy Transitions in Coal Country
Sept 23
Growing Green Industry and Innovation: Mass Timber
Sept 30
Low-Carbon Small Business and Post-COVID Recovery
A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting)
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for Workforce Wednesdays, a series of online briefings on workforce development and policies and programs that can support a low-carbon recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis. The briefings will explore a variety of issue areas pertinent to building a green workforce, including high school career training, conservation corps, coal country energy transitions, growing green domestic manufacturing, and revitalizing small business. Speakers will discuss major challenges faced in each area and solutions providing economic and environmental benefits to communities across the country.
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting)
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a briefing on the climate action report released by the majority staff of the House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on June 30. The full title of the report is: Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and Healthy, Resilient, and Just America.
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Rural Communities, Climate, and COVID-19 Recovery
Find out more about the briefings in this series below:
June 16
Implementing Energy Efficiency Programs in Rural America
June 17
The Bioeconomy’s Role in COVID-19 Recovery and Climate Solutions
June 18
Rural Communities Rise to the Challenge of Dual Disasters
Please RSVP to receive updates. Please note that by RSVPing, you will receive a reminder for all 3 briefings in this series.
A live webcast will be streamed at www.eesi.org/livecast at 12 PM (noon).
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a series of one-hour online briefings about rural communities, climate change, and COVID-19 recovery. The briefings will explore the challenges rural communities face, including high energy costs, a struggling agriculture industry, and low investment in resilient infrastructure, as well as the solutions rural communities have developed in the face of these multiple stressors.
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Rural Communities, Climate, and COVID-19 Recovery
Find out more about the briefings in this series below:
June 16
Implementing Energy Efficiency Programs in Rural America
June 17
The Bioeconomy’s Role in COVID-19 Recovery and Climate Solutions
June 18
Rural Communities Rise to the Challenge of Dual Disasters
Please RSVP to receive updates. Please note that by RSVPing, you will receive a reminder for all 3 briefings in this series.
A live webcast will be streamed at www.eesi.org/livecast at 2 PM.
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a series of one-hour online briefings about rural communities, climate change, and COVID-19 recovery. The briefings will explore the challenges rural communities face, including high energy costs, a struggling agriculture industry, and low investment in resilient infrastructure, as well as the solutions rural communities have developed in the face of these multiple stressors.
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Rural Communities, Climate, and COVID-19 Recovery
Find out more about the briefings in this series below:
June 16
Implementing Energy Efficiency Programs in Rural America
June 17
The Bioeconomy’s Role in COVID-19 Recovery and Climate Solutions
June 18
Rural Communities Rise to the Challenge of Dual Disasters
Please RSVP to receive updates. Please note that by RSVPing, you will receive a reminder for all 3 briefings in this series.
A live webcast will be streamed at www.eesi.org/livecast at 12 PM (noon).
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a series of one-hour online briefings about rural communities, climate change, and COVID-19 recovery. The briefings will explore the challenges rural communities face, including high energy costs, a struggling agriculture industry, and low investment in resilient infrastructure, as well as the solutions rural communities have developed in the face of these multiple stressors.
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
A live webcast will be streamed at
3 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast.
Recovery & Resilience in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Find out more about the briefings in this series below:
June 2
Federal Support and Local Action
June 3
Resilient Housing and Communities
June 4
Sustainable, Democratic Energy and Public Health
Please RSVP to receive updates. Please note that by RSVPing, you will receive a reminder for all 3 briefings in this series.
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a series of one-hour online briefings about resilience initiatives in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and their ongoing recovery from back-to-back natural disasters over the last several years. Every U.S. coast is facing climate adaptation challenges due to rising sea levels and other coastal hazards, but island economies are especially vulnerable. The Fourth National Climate Assessment points to the small size and relative isolation of the U.S. Caribbean islands (including Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, and Water Island), which means their “social, economic, and ecological systems are likely to be more sensitive to changes in temperature and precipitation than similar systems in the mainland United States.”
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
A live webcast will be streamed at
3 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast.
Recovery & Resilience in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Find out more about the briefings in this series below:
June 2
Federal Support and Local Action
June 3
Resilient Housing and Communities
June 4
Sustainable, Democratic Energy and Public Health
Please RSVP to receive updates. Please note that by RSVPing, you will receive a reminder for all 3 briefings in this series.
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a series of one-hour online briefings about resilience initiatives in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and their ongoing recovery from back-to-back natural disasters over the last several years. Every U.S. coast is facing climate adaptation challenges due to rising sea levels and other coastal hazards, but island economies are especially vulnerable. The Fourth National Climate Assessment points to the small size and relative isolation of the U.S. Caribbean islands (including Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, and Water Island), which means their “social, economic, and ecological systems are likely to be more sensitive to changes in temperature and precipitation than similar systems in the mainland United States.”
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
A live webcast will be streamed at
3 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast.
Recovery & Resilience in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Find out more about the briefings in this series below:
June 2
Federal Support and Local Action
June 3
Resilient Housing and Communities
June 4
Sustainable, Democratic Energy and Public Health
Please RSVP to receive updates. Please note that by RSVPing, you will receive a reminder for all 3 briefings in this series.
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a series of one-hour online briefings about resilience initiatives in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and their ongoing recovery from back-to-back natural disasters over the last several years. Every U.S. coast is facing climate adaptation challenges due to rising sea levels and other coastal hazards, but island economies are especially vulnerable. The Fourth National Climate Assessment points to the small size and relative isolation of the U.S. Caribbean islands (including Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, and Water Island), which means their “social, economic, and ecological systems are likely to be more sensitive to changes in temperature and precipitation than similar systems in the mainland United States.”
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
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A live webcast will be streamed at 2 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing on scientific developments and policy initiatives that are helping protect Alaskan ecosystems and communities from erosion, sea level rise, and other coastal hazards. Alaska coastal communities are experiencing extreme challenges as shore-fast ice—a coastal buffer to storm water—disappears and houses built on thawing permafrost buckle and become uninhabitable. Stakeholder engagement combined with up-to-date scientific analyses on environmental risk are necessary to create adaptation plans that make economic sense while assisting vulnerable communities.
The panelists will describe the collaborative process between federal, state, local, and tribal stakeholders in collecting, sharing, and acting on scientific data to inform policy decisions around adaptation and help communities define and achieve their resilience goals. These projects can serve as a model for other regions experiencing similar issues in high-latitude or coastal areas.
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Climate Adaptation Data Week
This briefing is part of a series on coastal climate adaptation data needs and applications. Find out more about the other briefings in this series below:
April 13
Weather and Social Data to Inform Participatory Planning Initiatives
April 14
Assessing National Park Asset Flood Risk: Retreat, Adapt, Fortify?
April 15
Cultural Heritage and Climate Change
April 16
Bridging the Gap Between Science and Decision-Making
A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast
Mary Austerman, Great Lakes Coastal Community Development Specialist at New York Sea Grant, will discuss a collaborative effort with the National Weather Service to integrate weather and social science data to inform vulnerability assessments for coastal cities and towns along Lake Ontario. Austerman will then describe how this work fed into a participatory planning process for communities vulnerable to repeated flooding events.