The Climate Crisis Report in Focus
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Date: 14/07/2020

More information at https://www.eesi.org/briefings/view/071420crisis

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held 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.


Speakers:

Daniel Bresette
Executive Director, Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/Dan_Bresette_071420.pdf
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/cfCxbRKtYAw?t=8s

Michele Roberts
National Co-Coordinator, Environmental Justice and Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/cfCxbRKtYAw?t=5m49s

Dr. Georges Benjamin
Executive Director, American Public Health Association
Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/Georges_Benjamin_071420.pdf
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/cfCxbRKtYAw?t=20m43s

Dr. Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director, Climate and Energy Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/Rachel_Cleetus_071420.pdf
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/cfCxbRKtYAw?t=34m27s

Jessie Ritter
Director, Water Resources and Coastal Policy, National Wildlife Federation
Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/Jessie_Ritter_071420.pdf
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/cfCxbRKtYAw?t=53m29s

Q&A Session:
https://youtu.be/cfCxbRKtYAw?t=1h09m50s

The Climate Crisis Committee, chaired by Rep. Kathy Castor (Fla.-14), was established at the beginning of the 116th Congress in 2019 to provide a comprehensive framework for future climate legislation. The Committee held 17 hearings on a wide variety of climate change issues and received hundreds of suggestions from stakeholders, including EESI, and the public to inform the report’s recommendations.

This briefing focused on four core areas of climate policy: climate mitigation, climate adaptation, environmental justice, and public health. Through presentations and a Q&A session, panelists unpacked the key elements of the 538-page report and highlighted next steps for congressional action to address the climate crisis.

Report: https://climatecrisis.house.gov/report 



EESI Recommendations to the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis: https://www.eesi.org/files/EESI-Recommendations-to-House-Select-Climate-Crisis-Committee-2019.11.pdf