Charting a Sustainable Recovery

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, policymakers are drafting the largest economic stimulus packages in history. These policies offer a tremendous opportunity to invest in sustainability-related initiatives. This webinar will examine:

– How should we think about the environment during and after the pandemic?

– The recovery from the 2008 recession advanced environmental goals in unprecedented ways. What are lessons from the 2008 recession and the ways it advanced environmental goals that could be adapted today?

– What key opportunities and needs exist for environmental investments in COVID economic stimulus packages?

– What can the public sector do to advance sustainability goals at the local, state, and federal level? How can investments maximize social, economic, and environmental benefits?

Speakers Include:

J.R. DeShazo
Director, Luskin Center for Innovation

Bob Keefe
Executive Director, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)

Fran Pavley
Environmental Policy Director, USC Schwarzenegger Institute, and California State Senator Emeritus

Matt Petersen
President and CEO, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

This UCLA Luskin Summit session is co-hosted by the Luskin Center for Innovation and the USC Schwarzenegger Institute.