For schooling in the philippines children from vulnerable communities suffer as Distance Learning is put in place. Welcome to the program 6 people including a one year old baby have been killed in wildfires on the u. S. West coast several states are now battling blazes which have consumed whole communities and billowed smoke from San Francisco to seattle 5 small towns in Central Oregon have been destroyed more than 80000 people in the city of medford have been told to leave their homes the state governors warning it could be the deadliest season. Over the last 24 hours oregon has experienced unprecedented fire was significant damage and devastated consequences across the entire state. I want to be upfront in saying that we expect to see a great deal of loss both in structures and in human lives this could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our States History. Well california is already experiencing the most severe while fos season and its modern history
There are issues about what we can do to help communities at high risk with relocation. What we can do to support communities that will be on the receiving end, they will need Financial Support as well. With that i will conclude those are some of the key ways in which i see the report we put out in september translating into the us context, thank you. I think youre absolutely right. Its very clear that awareness at the city, state and tribal level has been increasing. Mayors are on the front line of responding to all these extreme events and if you look at the burgeoning of resilience officers, the urban resilience network, there is a hunger for best practices, more data and to be able to share things with each other quickly. Our last speaker is Leonardo Martinez diaz and he directs the Sustainable Finance center at the resources institute. Previously we all worked at the department of treasury, Deputy Assistant secretary for energy and environment, he also worked on climate finance in
Its just gotten under way. The issue of Climate Change has been with us for decades. Esi stated all the way back in 1988 that addressing Climate Change is imperative. And experts have been working on the issue and proposing solutions all the while. Instead of just more frequent storms, i hope what were seeing and feeling is momentum to act on these solutions. I think there is some evidence that this is the case. Last week i testified before the Senate Energy committee and the need to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions was front and center. That probably would not have been the case a few years ago. Again, not something around a few years ago. At esi, we know and our panelists know that inaction on Climate Change is making the solutions we need to limit Global Warming harder and harder to achieve. We have to act now and we need to contribute to the momentum to act and reinforce it constantly reinforce it and this is where esi comes in, to inform policymakers and share Lessons Learned to he
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