Join us for the fourth public listening session with the Early Years Climate Action Task Force.

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Capita and This is Planet Ed (the Aspen Institute) have co-convened the Early Years Climate Action Task Force to draft the U.S. Early Years Climate Action Plan. The plan will recommend ways the country can help young children, zero to 8, flourish in the face of climate change. It will be published in late 2023.

The task force’s work is supported, in part, by the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation.

Co-chaired by Diana Rauner, former First Lady of Illinois and President of Start Early, and Antwanye Ford, President and CEO, Enlightened, Inc. and Chair, District of Columbia Workforce Investment Council, the Task Force includes 19 other distinguished representatives from the education and health sectors, current and former elected officials in state and Tribal government, parent leaders, and early childhood advocates.

This fourth, public listening session of the Early Years Climate Action Task Force will focus specifically around the questions: How can investments in early childhood help communities build resilience to climate change?

About the Speakers

Adrián Cerezo is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Maine and an advisor to UNICEF Pacific and Asia Regional Early Childhood Network on climate change.

Joe Fretwell is the Manager of Advisory Services at the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF).

Susan Gilmore is the President & CEO of North Bay Children’s Center in California.

Victoria Chavez Barriga is the Urban95 Officer within the Knowledge for Policy Team at the Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Mario Cardona is with the Domestic Policy Council at the White House.

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