Session Goals:

Our shared question for this session: What role can we play, as Climate Change Leaders, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

We have three goals for Session 2:

1. Develop common language, framing, and context around the topic of “climate mitigation” in the Upper Valley. Where do our emissions come from and what will it take to reduce them?
2. Compile a library of what works to reduce emissions, especially examples where Climate Change Leaders (like you!) can take action and make a difference.
3. Discuss what we can do as Climate Change Leaders in the Upper Valley to make an impact with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. Together you will begin to capture ideas for possible Leadership Academy projects.

Session Materials:

• Climate Mitigation Project Action Plans – take a look at other groups action plans or upload your own!
• Activity: Project Ideas by Sector (Word) (PDF)
• State Level Climate Mitigation Presentation by Sarah Brock (Vital Communities)
• Global and Local Climate Mitigation Presentation by April Salas (Town of Hanover; Tuck School of Business)
• Climate Mitigation Action Library – Crowd-sourced by 2CLA participants
• Action Idea Template (PDF)

Resources:

State Climate and Energy Goals/Plans

Vermont:

• 2016 Comprehensive Energy Plan
• 2018 Governor’s Climate Action Commission Report
• Energy Action Network’s Annual Progress Reports

New Hampshire:

• 2018 10-Year State Energy Strategy
• 2009 Climate Action Plan

Carbon Calculators & At Home Tips

• Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative’s Footprint and Action Calculator
• National Park Service: How you can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions at home

Carbon Offsets

• greene.org

Best Practices for Sustainable Development (International)

• goldstandard.org

Carbon Sequestration

• US EPA Overview: Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration
• 2015 Carbon Storage Atlas – National Energy Technology Laboratory, US Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy

Food / Agriculture

• Article: What if we all ate a bit less meat?
• Vermont Harvest of the Month

Transportation

• Vital Communities’ Transportation Toolkit for Towns

Adaptation Session

AGENDA:

• Climate Change Adaptation Presentation Sherry Godlewski, Resilience and Adaptation Manager, NH Department of Environmental Services
• Stakeholder Activity 1- (Notes)
  • Objective: From your stakeholder group’s perspective, discuss the climate impacts that we are/will be experiencing, and adaptation opportunities to become more resilient.
• Climate Scenario Roleplay Activity 2-(Notes)
  • Objective: Gain an understanding of what’s important to other stakeholders, and how you might address a climate impact in your community.
• Wrap Up
  • Evaluations
  • Community Projects
  • Next session preview

HOMEWORK Due January 3rd:

• Read Adaptation Chapter of New Hampshire’s Climate Action Plan
• Take this survey to indicate preferences for small group activities

LINKS:

• 2CLA Project Charters
• Project Charter Template
• 2CLA Shared Google Folder

AGENDA

Welcome & Introductions 

Dartmouth Student Project Announcement

Project Idea Pitch 

• Fill out project idea template
• Anyone who has an idea will give a 1 minute pitch
• If you don’t have a project idea in mind, listen to other ideas and see if there is interest in partnering with other 2CLA leaders on their project

Project Pitch Discussion/Convergence 

• Participants self-select into groups around the room
• Opportunity to find potential partners and form project teams, ask questions about project ideas

Project Charter: Specifics on action plan (2CLA Project Charter Template)          

• Instruction on how to fill out charter
• Workshop time
• Takeways

Wrap up

• Evaluations
• Preview of next session: Leadership & Skills development
• Post session HW: Complete project template, give feedback to another group