International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumni will participate in an interactive 4-week long invite-ONLY program titled Strategies for Climate Action, which will take place from April 19 to May 4.
Collaborate with past IVLP colleagues and meet new ones, as you begin to build an informal framework, grown from your previous IVLP experiences, your dedication, and your contributions at home, towards a path forward for global action. Workshops and discussions will bring together global, academic, nonprofit, and government leaders to deliberate and advance Strategies for Climate Action by merging disciplines and centering on evidence-based decisions guided by the best available science and data.
These virtual events are held in recognition of "Earth Week," which will also bring thousands of groups and millions of voices together for three separate parallel climate action summits, ahead of the Biden Administration’s global leaders’ climate summit. The parallel summits are focused respectively on climate literacy, environmental justice, and a broad range of youth-led climate-focused issues.
“Climate change is the single greatest threat to a sustainable future but, at the same time, addressing the climate challenge presents a golden opportunity to promote prosperity, security and a brighter future for all.”
Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary-General of UN
Schedule-At-A-Glance
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Accessing the Event
The event will be delivered via the Zoom Meetings platform.
Please be sure to download Zoom prior to that time. An access link will be sent to all registrants the day before the event begins.
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Climate change is occurring at an alarming rate and has many broad-reaching impacts on human health, the economy, and the stability of the natural environment. Increased emissions of greenhouse gases that trap heat and block it from escaping the atmosphere drive significant global disruption to climate systems as we know them. Low-income, indigenous, and communities of color are already bearing the brunt of climate change and are disproportionately on the front lines of environmental disasters. A healthy planet is not an option — it is a necessity.
When life around the world returns to normal, our world cannot return to business-as-usual. We have the ability to make a difference in every industry, but that can only happen when we work together. Join EARTHDAY.ORG to Restore Our Earth as we come together to make clear that climate action and restoration cannot wait. Restore Our Earth focuses on natural processes, emerging green technologies, and innovative thinking that can restore the world’s ecosystems. In this way, the campaign rejects the notion that mitigation or adaptation are the only ways to address climate change.
-Excerpt from EARTHDAY.ORG
The International Visitor Leadership Program is funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by FHI 360.
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