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Agenda - Tuesday

Tuesday February 26, 2008
PG&E Auditorium

7:45 Convene for Working Group distribution and guidance - PG&E Auditorium
8:00 Morning Working Group session - Locations to be announced
  Coffee, tea, and a light breakfast will be served in each meeting room
9:30 BREAK
9:45 Morning session continues
11:00 LUNCH
12:00
Afternoon Special Trainings - Locations to be announced
  California Climate Adaptation Focus California is already experiencing the adverse effects of climate change from decreased snowpack to increased number of large forest fires. This session aims to identify the most vulnerable sectors, the specific adaptation approaches for both human and natural systems, and the major obstacles to adaptation in California. All are welcome.
Climate Change Communications In this session, we will discuss the development of communications strategies related to climate change. Depending on the needs and expectations of the participants, the session may cover topics such as defining communications objectives, identifying and engaging target groups, framing issues, developing key messages, evaluating alternative communications resources (Web, video, etc), and measuring progress.
Climate Witness The Climate Witness workshop will introduce people to the power of communicating the human story behind the impacts of climate change that are being experienced here & now. There will be a short presentation outlining what Climate Witness is, the communication tools that have already been developed and where to next for developing a Climate Witness Virtual Global Community. Most of the work shop will be focused on group sessions to discuss and develop practical mechanisms for how a Climate Witness can compliment and be integrated into current climate change campaigns/projects/programmes to achieve improved outcomes. Climate Witness provides the human face to communicate the message of why we must act now to stop climate change.
Human Communities and Climate Change The human communities section will provide an introduction to the issues of climate change impacts and human society with a particular focus on environment and poverty linkages. In particular focusing on livelihoods, vulnerability and community based adaptation in the context of climate change impacts and adaptation.
Integrating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing into Spatial Planning and Monitoring The purpose of this session is to introduce how climate change can be incorporated into spatial conservation plans and the monitoring of impacts, using GIS and remote sensing. We will begin by providing an overview of GIS and remote sensing for people with no prior experience with the tools, but move quickly into climate-related applications. Presenters will go over climate datasets and projections, and methods for predicting the impacts of sea level rise. We will also touch on GIS and remote sensing datasets and methods useful for estimating carbon sequestration and measuring coral bleaching, fire, and other habitat changes and disturbance. Finally, we will look at how protected area planning might be adjusted to incorporate the future distributions of species in response to climate predictions. The final portion of the session will be devoted to participants planning a project that uses GIS or remote sensing to measure or plan for change in the place where they work. While this course has a heavy emphasis on GIS and remote sensing methods and datasets, no prior experience with the tools is necessary.
Mitigation-Adaptation Link REDD This special session will discuss linking REDD activities and the potential to reduce the vulnerability of local communities to climate change (i.e., human adaptation). Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is based on the principle that protecting threatened natural forests would result in a net decrease in atmospheric GHG emissions. Specific forest mitigation actions could include both market and non-market mechanisms; however, carbon markets are the only realistic approach for generating the financial resources necessary to implement REDD at the scale necessary to impact global warming.
Navigating Climate Change Funding: Businesses, Foundations, and Government Relations The purpose of this session is to help participants understand the landscape of climate change funding and best practices and strategies for identifying and approaching donors. The session will include presentations on business, foundation and government relations, intensive working group sessions on how to make pitches and position projects with funders and a question/answer session with a panel of experts to provide an insider's view of climate change funding trends.
3:00 BREAK
3:15 Afternoon Working Group session - Locations to be announced
5:00 Adjourn

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