Proceeding from UN strategy the next 10 years were declared as the period for small farmers development. Major goals are reducing poverty and improving global food security. Small family farming, besides of poverty and food control, can also be a key to reaching some global goals: gender equality, good health and well-being, sustainable community growth, […]
Climate Restoration: The key to solving climate change by addressing the 95% of CO2 that not enough people are talking about
You voted for thisLegacy carbon dioxide, which has been building up since the Industrial Revolution and lasts thousands of years in the atmosphere, comprises 95% of the excess CO2 that is causing climate change. In addition to mitigation and adaptation, we must also restore the climate, meaning remove and store the excess carbon that has been put in our atmosphere over the last two centuries. Just as with mitigation and adaptation, this will require significant philanthropic, market based, and government investment in the land- and ocean nature based and technological solutions that will remove and permanently store carbon. It will also take citizen awareness, behavior change, political will and private sector innovation and entrepreneurship. Going beyond net zero to net negative is a must if we are going to solve the climate crisis.
Opening remarks to set the stage of climate restoration: Rick Parnell, CEO, Foundation for Climate Restoration
Breakout working sessions (each session will include a facilitator from the Foundation for Climate Restoration):
- Climate Restoration Investment Opportunities and Trends
Led by:
- Angela Mwanza, Private Wealth Management, UBS Bank OR Erika Karp, Founder and CEO, Cornerstone Capital
- Brent Constantz, CEO, Blue Planet
- Emma Roseline, Rasolovoahangy Madagascar
- David Antonioli, CEO, Verra
Facilitated by Diana Walker
2. Policy Actions: Road to Glasgow
Led by:
- Sir David King, Cambridge University Centre for Climate Repair
- Philip Thigo from the Office of the Presidency of Kenya
- Representative from the County of Santa Clara
Facilitated by Rick Parnell
3. Corporations: Going Carbon Negative
Led by:
- Dean Sanjeev Khagram, Dean Thunderbird School of Global Management
- Microsoft or Stripe Carbon Negative lead
Facilitated by Kye Young
4. Movement building and Public Engagement
Led by:
- Kathleen Rogers, CEO Earth Day Network
- Alexandria Villasenor, Youth and Founder Earth Uprising
Facilitated by Erica Dodds
Confirmed Panelists
- Angela Mwanza, Private Wealth Management, UBS Bank
- Erika Karp, Founder and CEO, Cornerstone Capital
- Brent Constantz, CEO, Blue Planet
- Emma Roseline, Rasolovoahangy Madagascar
- Diana Walker, Foundation for Climate Restoration
- Sir David King, Cambridge University Centre for Climate Repair
- Philip Thigo from the Office of the Presidency of Kenya
- Representative from the County of Santa Clara
- Rick Parnell, Foundation for Climate Restoration
- Dean Sanjeev Khagram, Dean Thunderbird School of Global Management
- Kye Young, Foundation for Climate Restoration
- Kathleen Rogers, CEO Earth Day Network
- Alexandria Villasenor, Youth and Founder Earth Uprising
- Erica Dodds, Foundation for Climate Restoration
- David Antonioli, CEO, Verra
Unconfirmed Panelists
- Microsoft or Stripe Carbon Negative lead
Supporting Materials
- Foundation for Climate Restoration White Paper
- Foundation for Climate Restoration Earth Day 2020 Highlights
- Foundation for Climate Restoration Conduit webinar
- Arizona State University Thunderbird School of Global Management Investment Opportunity Paper
- Foundation for Climate Restoration Website
- Rick Parnell LinkedIn
- Diana Walker LinkedIn
- Dean Sanjeev Khagram Linkedin
- Annual Climate Restoration Forum at the United Nations
Yes! This is so important right now. I’d love to learn more.
These topics are wide ranging with a diverse and impressive line-up of speakers. I look forward to participating in this.
This is a well stated abstract: we cannot lose sight of the urgent need to remove and sequester the legacy carbon. Here is an essay I wrote on this topic last fall for our local Green Party:
https://sccgreens.org/politics/remove-each-and-every-ton-of-co2-emitted-into-the-air-starting-now
It may have been sufficient 30 years ago to simply address mitigating emissions but we no longer have that option today. We will also require radiation management to cool the planet until the excess CO2 can be removed, because it will take many years to adequately scale these technologies and unfortunately we have run out of time.
These are important issues. Global action on carbon sequestration is the missing link on climate action. Social capital markets will be essential to moving this forward.
Urgently needed interventions.