Environmental Change and Security Program

UPCOMING EVENT

Register Today | Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference 2024 (ICR24)

Apr. 22 – 24, 2024

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

Registration is Open:

Join us from April 22 (Earth Day!) to April 24, 2024, at the third annual Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference (ICR24). Navigating the future of climate change requires connecting innovative climate solutions to policy action now more than ever. Battelle and the Wilson Center are making that connection happen. At the conference, you will not only hear from leading voices in policy, academia, and government, but also from researchers and practitioners who are pioneering innovative climate solutions. See a list of keynote speakers and panelists below!

Click here to register today!

Getting the Conversation Started:

Climate resilience is not a topic we can afford to prioritize only on Earth Day. Battelle is sustaining this dialogue through their America Adapts Podcast, with its latest episode delving into "Adapting to Climate Change: Exploring America's Leadership in Climate Resilience with Battelle."

The podcast features several climate resilience experts and ICR24 panelists:

John Conger, President of Conger Strategies & Solutions
Katie MacDonald, Co-Founder of Tailwind
Justin Sanchez, Technical Fellow at Battelle

Learn more from these experts and others as they take a deep dive into the role of the US in delivering climate solutions across all sectors. You can also read about how the conference is working to create a holistic approach to climate change by "integrating adaptation, mitigation, and sustainability with a throughline of equity" in the latest blog from Inside Battelle: Climate Resilience: A Holistic Approach to Climate Change.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Richard Spinrad

Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator

Sarah Ladislaw

Senior Director for Climate and Energy, National Security Council, The White House

Dina Esposito

Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security (REFS), USAID

Maria Luiza Viotti

Ambassador of Brazil to the United States

Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz

Director, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and Senior Research Scientist, Yale University

Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Former United States Representative; former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Akin Gump

Sherri Goodman

Senior Fellow, Polar Institute and Environmental Change & Security Program;
Author, Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership & the Fight for Global Security, coming in 2024.

Douglas Chan

Chief Operating Officer, Climeworks

Ben Reinke

Vice President of Global Business Development, X-energy

Dr. Ben Vinson III

President, Howard University

Monika Serrano

Resilience Program Manager, Turner Construction

Franco Amalfi

Director, Sustainability Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships - North America, Capgemini

Moderators

John Conger

President, Conger Strategies and Solution; former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense

Katie MacDonald

Co-Founder, Tailwind

Panelists

Meredith Berger

Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, Installations, and Environment

Nancy Balkus, P.E.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Environment, Safety and Infrastructure

Rachel Jacobson

Assistant Secretary of the United States Army, Installations, Energy, and Environment)

Dr. Jennifer Mercer

Head of Arctic Sciences in the Office of Polar Programs, NationalScience Foundation (NSF)

Ambassador David Balton

Executive Director, Arctic Executive Steering Committee, Office of Science & Technology Policy, White House; former Senior Fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Center