Climate Forward 2024- Climate on the Ballot: 2024

The fifth annual Climate Forward conference, sponsored by USC Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability and USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future (CPF) in collaboration with POLITICO, was held at USC Town and Gown on Thursday, April 4, 2024. This conference focuses on finding practical solutions to climate change and identifying the political obstacles to implementing those changes. This year's conference theme was "Climate at the Crossroads," and explored policy from the past that informs the climate policy of the future and what happens after the election as the country heads towards 2024 and beyond.
The second panel, "Climate on the Ballot: 2024," featured Debra Kahn, POLITICO California Policy Editor, in conversation with former California Senator Fran Pavley, Pulse Fund Managing Partner Tenzin Seldon, and lawyer and environmentalist Joanne Witty on the impact of climate change on the 2024 election and beyond.
Featuring:
- Fran Pavley: Environmental Policy Director, USC Schwarzenegger Institute; Former California State Senator
- Tenzin Seldon: Founding and Managing Partner, Pulse Fund
- Joanne Witty: Lawyer; Environmentalist; Co-Chair, Political Committee of the Environmental Defense Action Fund
- Debra Kahn (Moderator): California Policy Editor, POLITICO
Following the panel was a discussion with USC students JJ Flores and Leah Tieger sharing how CPF and USC Wrigley impacted their academic and professional journeys. The conference ended with closing remarks from USC President Dr. Carol L. Folt.
CPF thanks our Platinum Level sponsors Clean Energy and Tim and Denise Marshall. This event was held in partnership with the USC Price Center for Inclusive Democracy, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, AmeriCorps, and the USC student organizations: USC Political Union (a Bridge USA Chapter), USC Political Student Assembly, Trojan Democrats, and The Bridge Cultural Exchange Academy.
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