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SUMMARY:How Low-Carbon Ammonia Can Help Fight Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Modern society depends on ammonia (NH3)\, a chemical compound that plays a central role in modern agriculture\, delivering nitrogen essential for soil fertility. Ammonia is also a key feedstock in plastics\, rubber\, and other products. \nCurrent methods for making ammonia produce significant carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions—almost 2% of the global total. Low-carbon production methods can dramatically reduce these emissions. Low-carbon production of ammonia also creates a fuel that could help decarbonize a range of sectors. \nIn November\, a team including several scholars from the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs released the ICEF Low-Carbon Ammonia Roadmap\, which explores a number of topics including low-carbon ammonia production options\, infrastructure needs\, potential uses for low-carbon ammonia\, and policy options. \nPlease join us for a discussion with the report’s co-authors as they present their findings and recommendations. \nModerator: \nDavid Sandalow\, Inaugural Fellow\, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA and Chair\, ICEF Innovation Roadmap Project \nPanelists: \nZhiyuan Fan\, Ph.D. student and Research Associate\, Columbia University \nDr. Julio Friedmann\, Chief Scientist and Chief Carbon Wrangler\, Carbon Direct \nAnn-Kathrin Merz\, Industry Analyst\, First Ammonia and Research Assistant\, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA \nREGISTER HERE \nThis webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration\, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event. \nThis event is open to press\, and registration is required to attend. For media inquiries or requests for interviews\, please contact Natalie Volk (nv2388@columbia.edu). \nFor more information about the event\, please contact energypolicyevents@columbia.edu.
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/how-low-carbon-ammonia-can-help-fight-climate-change/
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SUMMARY:Webinar | Whiplash Weather: Lessons from California’s Deadly 2023 Storms
DESCRIPTION:Join the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment for a panel discussion exploring the extent to which climate change is contributing to the intensity of California’s ongoing deadly storms\, what modeling is telling us to expect in the future and how residents and decision-makers can plan and prepare for those projected impacts\, particularly in overburdened communities. \nA panel of Stanford scientists joined by community leaders and responders will discuss the science behind this latest example of climate-fueled weather extremes\, in addition to assessing implications for the state’s drought recovery and lessons for community preparedness. The discussion will also explore where resilience and adaptation or emergency planning efforts paid off at the local level and what tools and methods are available to provide solutions to both drought and flooding water storage challenges. \nREGISTER HERE \nPanel \nNoah Diffenbaugh\, Kara J Foundation Professor and Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment\, Stanford University \nRosemary Knight\, George L. Harrington Professor of Geophysics\, and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment\, Stanford University \nMatt Robinson(link is external)\, Emergency Operations Public Information Officer (Water Resources\, Drinking Water\, Flooding)\, Sacramento County \nJenny Suckale(link is external)\, Assistant Professor of Geophysics and Center Fellow by Courtesy at the Woods Institute for the Environment\, Stanford University \nModerated by Chris Field\, Perry L. McCarty Director\, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/webinar-whiplash-weather-lessons-from-californias-deadly-2023-storms/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment":MAILTO:christineblack@stanford.edu
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Groundwater Management in California: The Challenges Ahead
DESCRIPTION:Join to hear Paul Gosselin from the California Department of Water Resources talk about sustainable groundwater management in California.  Learn about how California is implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and adjusting to climate change\, while trying to balance agriculture’s pressing water needs. \nREGISTER HERE \nCalifornia depends on groundwater for up to 60% of its annual supply in times of drought. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) was enacted in 2014 to halt overdraft and bring groundwater basins into balanced levels of pumping and recharge. Under SGMA\, basins must reach sustainability within 20 years of implementing their plans.   \nThis event is part of our 2022-23 Climate Speaker Series brought to you by the League of Women Voters of Piedmont and Piedmont Connect. The series will serve to educate constituents on a range of important topics to improve our understanding of the causes (sometimes surprising)\, perils (sometimes not fully recognized)\, and solutions to ongoing environmental pollution and climate disruptions. \nThis program will be recorded. You can watch it live or at a later date on our YouTube channel. The second half of the program will be a moderated Q&A session with questions from Zoom participants and YouTube livestream viewers. You will not see the event posted ahead of time on YouTube. It will appear once the program starts at 4pm Pacific Time on January 18th. \nMore about our speaker: \nPaul Gosselin oversees the Sustainable Groundwater Management Office\, which includes statewide groundwater management activities and the implementation of SGMA.  He joined the Department after serving 13 years as Butte County’s Director of Water and Resource Conservation\, where he managed the county’s State Water Project Table A allocation\, investigated and reported on groundwater conditions\, and implemented the Groundwater Management Plan.   \nPreviously\, Gosselin served as Chief Deputy Director at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and Assistant Director for Enforcement\, Environmental Monitoring and Data Management. Gosselin received a B.S. in biochemistry and an M.S. in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts.
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/sustainable-groundwater-management-in-california-the-challenges-ahead/
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles County Public Works Webinar: Intro to Composting
DESCRIPTION:Join for a free webinar to beautify your home and garden. Webinars are approximately 45 minutes followed by a 15-minute period to answer questions and take orders for compost bins. Learn about backyard and worm composting to create a rich soil amendment to nourish your garden. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/los-angeles-county-public-works-webinar-intro-to-composting/
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