EPA Webinar Series for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples

Tribes and Indigenous Peoples across the country are constructing plans to adapt to climate change. This webinar will focus on the issues Tribes across diverse geographical regions face due to climate change, including disproportionate impacts, and what strategies they are utilizing to address these issues. The webinar will also discuss the experiences Tribes have had developing and implementing their adaptation plans, including the challenges they faced and ways they addressed these challenges, as well as approaches for involving the public in the development of their plans. Last, the presenters will share how their Tribes, Tribal communities, and/or Indigenous communities are working with the Federal Government and other stakeholders to support their efforts to adapt to climate change.  

Date: January 25, 2024

Time: 2:30 PM ET – 4:00 PM ET

Register here:  https://usepa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_iGMZt5A-T2WT43uHezx_1w

Presenters:

• Marjorie Connolly, Environmental Programs Director, Climate Change Coordinator, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Towaoc, CO
• Kenneth Weitzel, Natural Resource Specialist, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes, Hoonah, AK
• Brett Ramey, Climate Resilience Planner, Ioway Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, Kansas City, KS
• Viccy Salazar, U.S. EPA Office of Policy, Office of Administrator.
• Aren Wang, Extern, US EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.

EPA Moderators:                                                                                  

• Andy Bessler, Stakeholder Coalition Coordinator, U.S. EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights
• Amanda Cronin, Program Analyst, U.S. EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights

This free webinar is part of the U.S. EPA Environmental Justice Webinar Series for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples. This webinar series is intended to build the capacity of Tribal governments, Indigenous peoples, and other environmental justice practitioners by discussing priority environmental justice issues of interest to Tribes and Indigenous Peoples.

Please note that the webinar is planned to be recorded and is expected to be available on the following EPA website a few weeks after the webinar: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/environmental-justice-Tribes-and-Indigenous-peoples. 

For questions about this webinar, or the EPA EJ Webinar Series for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples, please contact Andy Bessler, EPA OEJECR Stakeholder Coalition Coordinator at bessler.andy@epa.gov.

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