WEBINAR: Reflections from COP28: Climate Change and the Importance of Regional and Local Action

In December 2023, Clearwater Board Member and Adirondack Council’s “Forever Adirondacks” Director, Aaron Mair attended the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai. While at COP28, Mair’s goal was to advance “nature-based solutions”, including the United States’ pledge to protect 30% of its wilderness ecosystems by 2030. At COP28, Indigenous leaders, frontline communities, environmental NGOs, advocates, human rights organizations, and scientists called for the UN Conference of the Parties agreement to include a time-bound commitment to phase out fossil fuels, which was not included in the Agreed Text.

View the recording of Aaron Mair and Clearwater’s Executive Director David Toman in conversation about Aaron’s reflections from COP28, and where collective efforts in the Hudson Valley should be focused moving forward.