Title: Advancing Climate Equity Through Place-Based Collaboration Organizer: The Tamarack Institute Date: August 7, 2024 This webinar recording features a conversation about the principles covered in the 2024 publication titled 10: Advancing Climate Equity Through Place-Based Collaboration https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/guid..., co-written by Laura Schnurr and Prachir Pasricha. This comprehensive resource captures our insights from our work with 70+ network members and case studies of communities across Turtle Island that are leading the way. The speakers will share best practices, lessons learned, and more from their efforts to take collaborative climate action. Speakers: Laura Schnurr, Tamarack Institute (https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/) Prachir Pasricha, Tamarack Institute Kat Cadungog, The Youth Harbour (https://www.theyouthharbour.org/) & Finance, Engage, Sustain (https://www.fesplanet.org/) Lylou Sehili, Transition en Commun (https://transitionencommun.org/) Heather Wheeliker, City of Edmonton (https://www.edmonton.ca/) Have questions? Contact Laura Schnurr (laura@tamarackcommunity.ca) Learn about upcoming webinars at https://learningcentre.tamarackcommun... Sign up to learn about upcoming Tamarack Institute webinars: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/news... Overview of webinar: 00:00 Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (Prachir Pasricha, Laura Schnurr) 03:00 Introduction to the publication titled 10: Advancing Climate Equity Through Place-Based Collaboration (https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/guid... ). 10:26 Introducing the speakers (Prachir Pasricha) 11:45 Introduction to Heather Wheeliker’s work for Change for Climate at the City of Edmonton that was profiled in the guide (Prachir Pasricha, Heather Wheeliker) 17:28 Introduction to Kat Cadungog’s Calgary-based work with The Youth Harbour & Finance, Engage, Sustain that was profiled in the guide (Prachir Pasricha, Heather Wheeliker) 23:37 Introduction to Lylou Sehili’s Montreal-based work with Transition en Commun that was profiled in the guide (Prachir Pasricha, Lylou Sehili) 26:59 Question 1: How have you found applying an equity lens to be important/beneficial to advancing climate action? (Laura Schnurr, Heather Wheeliker, 29:53 Question 2: What lessons have you learned about engaging with equity-deserving groups that you could share with the audience? (Prachir Pasricha, Kat Cadungog) 34:35 Question 3: You’ve engaged with many different actors in the community. What has been one benefit and one challenge of the collaborations you’ve built? (Laura Schnurr, Lylou Sehili) 38:52 Question 4: Do any of the 10 ideas or 10 ways to get started in the guide particularly resonate with you, based on the work you’ve done? Why? (Prachir Pasricha, Heather Wheeliker, Kat Cadungog, Lylou Sehili) 47:19 Question 5, from a participant: Is Edmonton trying to consider particular neighbourhoods to pick up the Neighbouring for Climate program? Are you specifically targeting low-income neighbourhoods? Are there any resources available to neighbour groups to help them implement the actions? (Prachir Pasricha, Heather Wheeliker) 49:20 Question 6, from a participant: Have you found pathways to reach out to communities or municipal groups indirectly related to climate adaptation or to efforts that are doing work that builds adaptive capacity and brings them into the climate space in a way that promotes equity? (Prachir Pasricha, Lylou Sehili) 53:06 Closing remarks (Prachir Pasricha, Laura Schnurr)
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