Congressional Climate Camp #4: Federal Policies for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Win-Wins
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Date: 2021-05-01

More information at: https://www.eesi.org/briefings/view/043021camp


Our fourth session of Congressional Climate Camp looked at a suite of climate solutions that simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase resilience to climate impacts. Briefing speakers discussed how these solutions also advance environmental justice, job creation, and conservation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

00:00 - Start
05:04 - Dr. Bhaskaran Subramanian, Ph.D., Chief, Shoreline Conservation Service, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
23:45 - Dr. John Quinn, Associate Professor of Biology, Furman University
43:20 - Russ Vaagen, Founder and CEO, Vaagen Timbers
01:08:44 - Kim Cheslak, Director of Codes, New Buildings Institute
01:31:34 - Jacqueline Patterson, Senior Director, Environmental and Climate Justice Program, NAACP

Topics and Speakers:


Coastal Nature-Based Solutions
Dr.  Bhaskaran Subramanian
Chief, Shoreline Conservation Service, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/Bhaskaran_Subramanian_043021.pdf
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/J8pHWuMwu54?t=05m04s


Solutions from the Agriculture Sector

Dr. John Quinn

Associate Professor of Biology, Furman University
Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/John_Quinn_043021.pdf
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/J8pHWuMwu54?t=23m45s


Mass Timber – Sustainable Buildings as Carbon Sinks

Russ Vaagen
Founder and CEO, Vaagen Timbers
Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/Russ_Vaagen_043021.pdf
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/J8pHWuMwu54?t=43m20s


Achieving Efficiency and Resilience Through Building Codes
Kim Cheslak
Director of Codes, New Buildings Institute
Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/Kim_Cheslak_043021.pdf
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/J8pHWuMwu54?t=4124


Ensuring Win-Wins Advance Environmental Justice
Jacqueline Patterson
Senior Director, Environmental and Climate Justice Program, NAACP
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/J8pHWuMwu54?t=5494