Alaska Municipal League

Alaska Municipal League
Communities Conference on Climate Change
in conjunction with the Alaska Forum on the Environment

8:30 AM to Noon - February 4 & 5, 2009
Dena'ina Center, Breakout Room #3
Anchorage, Alaska

The 2nd Annual Communities Conference on Climate Change follows up last year's conference with 4 sessions within the Alaska Forum on the Environment's (AFE) Conference. Although the AFE Conference will run from Monday, February 2 through Friday, February 6, 2009, the AML sessions will be from 8:30 a.m. through noon on both Wednesday, February 4 and Thursday, February 5, 2009.

By collaborating with the Alaska Forum, AML members and community leaders across the state now have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge, expand their networks and share ideas with leading professionals from various climate change industries. With everyone in one location at the same time, the opportunities are endless.

We look forward to having you join the Alaska Municipal League Communities Conference on Climate Change
during the Alaska Forum on the Environment.

Please visit the Alaska Forum web site (www.akforum.com) to register and for updates on room locations and complete information about the Alaska Forum on the Environment.
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Session # 1 City of Homer Sustainability Policy Guide Wednesday, February 4, 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM. Amy Shatzin of ICLEI, a global organization of local governments for sustainability, will provide a national overview of local sustainability initiatives. Anne Marie Holen and the City of Homer’s consultant, Joel Cooper, will present the recently adopted City of Homer Sustainability Policy Guide, which shows how dozens of daily activities and practices of city employees can be modified to conserve energy and resources. Session # 2 New Initiatives of the Obama Administration Wednesday, February 4, 10:45 AM to Noon Susanne Fleek-Green, Alaska State Director for Senator Mark Begich, will provide an up-to-date overview of new initiatives in the Obama Administration including infrastructure funding, energy conservation and alternative energy funding (and other ‘green’ initiatives), and other actions and initiatives that affect Alaska communities. Session # 3 (tentative) Climate Change: Scientific Overview, National & Global Actions, and Regional Downscaling Thursday, February 5, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Dr. Bob Corell is a Senior Policy Fellow with the Atmospheric Policy Program of the American Meteorological Society. He is also a Senior Research Fellow in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Dr. Corell will address the impacts of global warming in the Arctic. Session # 4 Local Food Production and Food Security Thursday, February 9:30 AM to Noon Alaska is at the end of the supply chain, and with rising fuel costs, is an increasingly expensive destination for imported food supplies. This workshop will highlight the efforts underway, the importance, and the possibilities, of local food production. Bill Hall, a facilitator with the Cooperative Extension Service and Peter Freer with the Alaska Municipal League will moderate an interactive discussion with participants and a panel that includes Amy Pettit of the Alaska Division of Agriculture; Arthur Keyes, owner/operator of Glacier Valley Farms CSA; Milan Shipka, Associate Director of the Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station at UAF; Kim Sollien, food security and sustainable food advocate, and Alaska food blogger (AK Root Cellar, Anchorage Daily News); and Heidi Rader, assigned by the CES to promote village agriculture in the Tanana Chiefs region.