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Climate & Energy

Cover of Climate-Critical Lands Report

Climate change continues to be one of the most serious social, economic, and environmental challenges of our time. This is true globally, nationally, and in Wisconsin.

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Speakers Diane Mayerfeld and Susanne Wiesner discuss how sustainable agricultural practices can increase carbon drawdown, lead to healthy soils and other ecosystem services/benefits.

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Fred Clark and Don Waller discuss how to leverage nature-based solutions in forests to foster continuous growth for maximum carbon storage and ecological complexity.

"Tracing Connections Between Water and Climate," features Gary Besaw (Former Tribal Chair, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin) and Bill Davis (Senior Legal Analyst, River Alliance of Wisconsin) discussing the integral role that "systems thinking"

The final of three online breakfast presentations featured Kirsten Shead and Brenda Coley, Co-Executive Directors of Milwaukee Water Commons.

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For the opening session of the Academy's Wisconsin Business Roundtable on Climate Change, Tom Boldt, CEO of The Boldt Company, and  Jeff Thompson, CEO Emeritus of Gundersen Health Systems, discuss how to lead through bold innovation.

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The Way Forward panel including; August Ball (CEO and Founder of Cream City Conservation & Consulting LLC), Kari Grasee (Vice President of Business Workplace Services of American Family Insurance), Kathy Jankowski (President

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Abby Corso and Delmar Gillus of Elevate Energy talk about how to incorporate equity and diversity.

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The first of three Wisconsin Academy Environmental Breakfast Series online presentations for fall 2020 features Dr. Jonathan Patz, John P. Holton chair of Health and the Environment and Director of the Global Health Institute at UW-Madison. Dr.

This 24-acre stretch of land along the Menomonee River in Milwaukee used to be an abandoned rail yard. In 2013 a group of state and local partners completed its transformation into an urban green space. Today, Three Bridges Park is home to an urban ecology center and bike paths, and hosts over 50,000 visitors every year. Photo by Jon Elliott/MKE Drones.

Natural climate solutions are pragmatic options for sequestering greenhouse gases. But where to start?

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