Topics: sustainability, podcast, local leadership, SAS Talk Podcast, cities
“I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” With those words in June 2017 President Trump announced his intentions to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord -- and thrust Pittsburgh into the spotlight.
Topics: sustainability, local leadership, resilience, mayors, climate leadership, Pittsburgh, cities
To this day one of the best taglines I’ve seen is “Local Action Moves the World.” That’s from ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability where I was the US Services Director from 2005-2009 and had the pleasure of working with hundreds of local governments across the nation. That line reflects the reality on the ground for a myriad of issues where progress is stymied at the national and international levels. None more so than climate change.
Topics: sustainability, climate change, clean energy, WeAreStillIn, mayors
I might not be in Bonn this week for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Conference of the Parties -- commonly known as COP 23 -- but I’m glad to see that mayors and other local government elected officials from around the globe will once again be there en masse to showcase the impact the local communities and leaders have on climate action.
Topics: sustainability, climate change, clean energy, cop23, Bonn, WeAreStillIn, mayors
If you live in a coastal community or one prone to flooding, you might have watched Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey with a bit of trepidation.
Topics: climate resiliency, flooding, SAS Talk Podcast
The frequency and severity of flooding are on the rise in the age of climate change, and in no place is that more apparent than Houston -- a city that is watching Hurricane Harvey barrel towards it even as it still dries out from other heavy rains and flooding.
Topics: climate change, Houston, flooding, SAS Talk Podcast
When you think about the arc of climate change awareness and action in this country, it’s hard not to put former Vice President Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” film -- which hit theaters back in 2006 and has “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” coming out August 4, 2017 -- among the most important events.
Topics: climate change, SAS Talk Podcast
Across the country people feel uncertain about what will happen at the federal level on climate, energy and sustainability policies in the coming years.
Topics: sustainability, dashboard
At KLA we’ve worked with dozens of cities and counties over the years on plans. Climate action plans. Adaptation plans. Sustainability plans. Energy master plans. And let me tell you, after the blood, sweat, tears and sheer hours that go into one of those plans, it can feel like the journey is over. But a plan is not a destination. It is, in fact, the starting point.
Topics: sustainability, climate change, clean energy, SAS Talk Podcast
