Crafting Climate Policy That Sticks: An Arctic Case Study
A deep dive into how durable policies are critical for building the resilience communities impacted by climate change. The discussion will draw out lessons from the implementation of the U.S. Arctic Strategy, featuring insights from officials from the White House and the Department of Interior, climate scientists, and local leaders who are directly engaged in translating policy commitments into action. Learn how the strides made through this strategy are not just responding to current challenges but are setting the groundwork for a resilient future for the Arctic and all communities facing the impacts of climate change.
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David Balton is the Executive Director of the Arctic Executive Steering Committee
Raina Thiele (Dena’ina Athabascan and Yup’ik)is the Senior Advisor for Alaska Affairs and Strategic Priorities, Department of Interior.
John Holdren is the Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Arctic Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, as well as the Co-Chair of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program there. From January 2009 until January 2017, he was President Obama's Science Advisor and Senate-confirmed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where among many other responsibilities he served as the Founding Chair of the interagency Arctic Executive Steering Committee.
Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, an Iñupiaq from Kotzebue, Alaska, is the Director of Climate Initiatives program at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium under the division of Community Environment and Health.
Moderator:
Fran Ulmer has been a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center's Arctic Initiative since 2019. She was a Visiting Professor at Stanford University from 2017 to 2018. Ulmer was appointed by President Obama as the Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC) in March 2011 and served in that role until August 2020. From 2014 to 2017, Ulmer was a Special Advisor on Arctic Science and Policy at the State Department. In June 2010, President Obama appointed her to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
