Sydney Kitson
Closing Plenary
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Welcome to closing session! A developer explains how his solar city stayed online in a hurricane, an energy policy expert weighs in on how decarbonization tips the scales of global power, and a photographer shares images of indigenous land defenders. A special advisor to the U.N shares how developing countries can get the resources to be more resilient, biodiversity experts expand on policies to protect species on land and at sea, and a climate skeptic tells us why he changed his mind.
Speakers
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Bret StephensOpinion columnist at The New York Times -
Amy HarderExecutive Editor, Cipher -
Susan GoldbergPresident and CEO of GBH -
Jason BordoffDirector, Center on Global Energy Policy -
John EnglanderPresident of Rising Seas Institute -
Monica MedinaFormer Assistant Secretary of State, Oceans, Environment and Science -
Gerardo CeballosEcologist and conservationist -
Sydney KitsonCEO of Kitson and Partners
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Justin WorlandSenior Correspondent, Time -
Pablo AlbarengaVisual Storyteller -
Selwin Charles HartAdvisor to the UN secretary-general on climate -
Josh FrydayChief service officer for the California governor
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