{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"E2 National Webinar: A Climate Conference (COP26) Conversation with E2 Members in Glasgow, Scotland","description":"People are continuously working to help sustain this planet\u2019s life, and it is indeed great to have dialogues where concerns are shared and solutions are created and promoted.   Sadly, because some countries (especially the US) withdrew their commitments after pledging critically needed action, the climate movement \u2013 especially the Build Back Better Act \u2013 is moving slow...   We have all the evidence we need to take action. What\u2019s stopping you from standing up and moving forward?    We can\u2019t just wait and see what happens. We have to monitor and discuss what\u2019s happening right now!   There is nothing we can\u2019t do if we put our souls and minds into it.  COP26 is this year\u2019s crucial UN Climate Change Conference, which was hosted by the UK in Glasgow, Scotland, from 31 October until 12 November. The talks were organised under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international treaty agreed at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 in order to tackle global warming and deal with its effects. It came into force in 1994. COP stands for \u201cconference of the parties\u201d, and is a summit where the 197 signatories to the UNFCCC \u2013 196 countries and the EU \u2013 come together to make decisions on how to implement the treaty. This is the first COP since COP25, held in Madrid in 2019. The 26th UNFCCC conference, COP26 was originally due to take place in November 2020, but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.     Featured E2 Panelist:   Chris Bentley is Clean Energy Activist, CEO of Good Energy Guild in Louisville, Colorado. Marilyn Waite is the Climate and Clean Energy Finance Program Officer of the Hewlett Foundation in France, formerly in California. Laura Berland-Shane is the Vice President of Blue Planet Systems in Santa Monica, California.   Moderator: Ron Kamen is the CEO of EarthKind Energy Consulting in Rhinebeck, New York.     In this episode, Chris, Marilyn, and Laura engage in a discussion with regards to what has been happening in the movement towards saving the Earth. Here, they answer questions from the webinar attendees which concern what we can do next in order to save the planet and its people from complete destruction.     The most immediate climate issue that\u2019s on the table RIGHT NOW is passing the Build Back Better Act \u2013 the largest piece of climate legislation that\u2019s ever been proposed in the history of our country. That single bill will put us on track to meet \u2013 and even exceed \u2013 our goals, which is hugely important and necessary if we want life on this planet to continue. Multiply your climate impact by a factor of 1,000 with #CodeRedClimate & CodeRedCongress.com  (https:\/\/coderedcongress.com\/)    Topics Covered:   01:57 \u2013 Webinar speakers introduce themselves before proceeding to shortly talk about what they do in relation to clean energy   04:35 \u2013 E2 members\u2019 perspectives on the current situation of the Earth in Glasgow \u2013 the good happenings, what drives those events, and also the things that hinder further progress    14:33 \u2013 Laura, Marilyn, and Chris share their sentiments about having people calling out the \u2018elites\u2019 in the middle of this crisis, alongside the things we need to do in order to be able to move and take a step forward   21:04 \u2013 Is anybody talking about annual CO2 reduction emissions that can be tracked by the country as progress goes?   26:10 \u2013 Can the private sector and companies like IKEA and others in combination scale their efforts to have a meaningful fraction of what the nations need to do but are failing to do?   32:40 \u2013 Do you think the ESG community is making a significant impact in making things change?   36:08 \u2013 Are the attendees connected to fossil fuel interest? Is there any transparency on that front?   38:46 \u2013 Are the speakers aware of other trade associations that are also setting carbon reduction targets?   41:47 \u2013 Is there talk about the importance of the Build Back Better Act in the congress for the US to show commitment to the climate change action? Are other countries questioning the USA's commitment because of the congress being slow to pass this package?     45:11 \u2013 Is the philanthropic sector shifting away in regards to investments for the climate or are they more committed than ever?   48:27 \u2013 Does everyone have to buy carbon offsets to fly to the conference?   52:02 \u2013 A youth\u2019s perspective on everything that\u2019s going on in this movement.   54:34 \u2013 Where, when and how is environmental justice in equity integrated into the pledges with real solutions that will have equitable outcomes in climate justice for everybody?   56:33 \u2013 One major positive thing that can come out of this and what we should do next     Valuable SuperNovas:   \u201cI think we need two things going forward. One is no more fossil fuel badges, and [two] we need to make sure that every delegation \u2013 especially of the rich countries \u2013 has a youth delegate.\u201d \u2013 Marilyn Waite   \u201cIf we're going to continue having these international dialogues \u2013 I suppose are all about action \u2013 then we do need to see some really big changes in how this is done, who's at the table, whose voices are actually heard, because being just on the outside doesn't work.\u201d \u2013 Marilyn Waite   \u201cThe youth can step out further and louder.\u201d \u2013 Chris Bentley   \u201cOnly think about the next five years. What do you want to do for the next five years? Because five years from now, it\u2019s going to be completely different \u2013 new technologies, new opportunities. Where can you have the most impact?\u201d \u2013 Chris Bentley   \u201cWe need everyone to be engaged and take action. There isn\u2019t anyone that cannot do anything.\u201d \u2013 Marilyn Waite   \u201cWe\u2019ve got to really monitor this by the minute. We can\u2019t just sit around and get back together in five years and see how we\u2019ve progressed.\u201d \u2013 Laura Berland-Shane     Connect with E2:   Website: www.e2.org Facebook: www.facebook.com\/e2.org Twitter: www.twitter.com\/e2org   ","author_name":"AWESome EarthKind","author_url":"https:\/\/awesomeearthkind.com","html":"