Investing in a Clean and Equitable Recovery

Speakers:

Julian Brave NoiseCat, Vice President of Policy and Strategy, Data for Progress 

Julie Pullen, Director of Product, Jupiter Intelligence 

Alicia Seiger, Managing Director, Sustainable Finance Initiative, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University

The COVID-19 shutdown has hit women and minorities hardest: four times as many women as men dropped out of the workforce in September 2020, with Latina and Black women seeing the highest levels of unemployment.

The Biden Administration’s COVID recovery plans promise to prioritize climate and equity alongside economic growth—can those values carry over to a post-pandemic workforce that doesn’t leave anyone behind? “The solutions to climate expand far beyond simple carbon math,” says Alicia Seiger of Stanford University. How will climate resilience be built into America's economic recovery?

Related Links:

The American Rescue Plan

Data for Progress

Jupiter Intelligence

Precourt Institute for Energy

The All We Can Save Project

Waterfront Alliance

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