Communities Leading on Climate – Virtual

Maine Climate Council

Governor Mills and the Maine Climate Council invite community leaders and interested citizens to a day of climate inspiration and action.

<h2>This special day-long climate conference is packed with useful tools, resources, and how-to case studies for communities across Maine. </h2><p><strong>Who should attend?</strong> City, town and tribal leaders, and interested community members, who wish to learn how their communities can take climate action. </p><p><strong>Why attend? </strong>This conference is more than a chance to listen to community leaders from around the state, it's also an opportunity to actively engage in climate action conversations and go home with the tools you need to advance climate actions in your community.</p><p><strong>Our morning sessions</strong> will share inspiring stories and the details on how communities around Maine have taken climate actions, and give you the opportunity to ask questions about how they made it happen. We will stream select sessions in real-time, with full recordings of all sessions to be shared after the conference ends.</p><p><strong>The afternoon</strong> will feature select practical action sessions offering resources to help you get started with climate action in your community. Two sessions will be available for our virtual audience to view live, with presentation materials from all ten sessions to be shared after the conference ends.</p><p><strong>Virtual attendees are invited to participate in select morning and afternoon sessions via livestream, and will receive access to recordings of all morning  and select afternoon sessions after the conference. Virtual attendees will be able to submit written questions for presenters during sessions. </strong></p><p><em>Interested in attending in-person? </em><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/communities-leading-on-climate-tickets-314600286927"><em>Register here (full agenda).</em></a></p><p><strong>To help as many people as possible to participate in Communities Leading on Climate, multiple support options are available:</strong></p><ul><li>If the cost of registration is a financial barrier for your attendance, please get in touch using the Contact button below. Registration scholarships are available.</li><li>If you are a representative of a student group or other organization, please get in touch to discuss a group rate for attendance using the Contact button below. </li><li>Accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Auxiliary aids will be provided upon advance request, please use the Contact button below.</li></ul>

<h1>Conference Agenda</h1><h2>9:15 AM Welcome remarks</h2><h2>10:00 AM Morning Session One</h2><p><strong>1. Planning and Community Engagement – Getting Started (livestreamed)</strong></p><ul><li>Moderated by Judy East, Bureau of Resource Information and Land Use Planning and Maine Climate Council member</li><li>Kendra Amaral, Kittery Town Manager </li><li>Stacia Nevin, Brooklin Select Board </li><li>Dennis Lajoie, Norway Town Manager</li><li>Lesley Fernow, Town of Dover-Foxcroft Climate Action Committee</li></ul>

<h2>11:00 AM Morning Session Two </h2><p><strong>2. Reducing Emissions – The Future of Transportation (livestreamed)</strong></p><ul><li><em>Moderator</em>: Joyce Taylor, MaineDOT and Maine Climate Council working group co-chair</li><li>George O’Keefe, Jr., Rumford Economic Development</li><li>Sophia Anderson, Bar Harbor</li><li>Cashel Stewart, South Portland Sustainable Transportation Coordinator</li><li>Chad Heid, Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Transit</li></ul>

<h2>12:00 PM Lunch break</h2><h2>1:00 PM Keynote presentation</h2><h3>Gina McCarthy, White House National Climate Advisor</h3><h2></h2><h2>1:45 PM Afternoon Workshops - Session One</h2><ul><li><strong>Community Resilience Partnership: How your community can join and benefit. (livestreamed). </strong>Presenters from: Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future</li></ul><h2>2:45 PM Afternoon Workshops - Session Two </h2><ul><li><strong>Efficiency Maine Programs and Incentives for Communities (livestreamed). </strong>Presenters from: Efficiency Maine Trust</li></ul><h2>3:30 PM Adjourn</h2>

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