Welcome to the Climate Change Summit:
Wisconsin Communities Take Action webpage.
Your co-hosts
--the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point, the Alliance of Cities, the League of Municipalities,1,000 Friends of
Wisconsin and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association-- are anxious to
welcome you to campus on December 12, 2008 in Stevens Point.
We see a
unique opportunity for Wisconsin to strengthen the hand of local leaders and become a laboratory for program pilots that
will inform federal policy. This historic summit is built around the
simple premise that our action on climate change
will be implemented locally, on Main
Streets in communities across the state. We have designed a day to
build regional teams of leaders from every sector. We will provide
access to the most current scientific information and models, and
then provide innovative ideas and specific action items, policy options and
analyses to take home to begin systematic work across the state.
You will hear from renowned leaders, participate in real-world breakout
sessions on adapting to climate change, reducing your carbon emissions
and energy consumption, increasing potential for renewable energy. Together
we will recast
the challenges of energy independence and global climate change as
opportunities to build economic vitality all across Wisconsin.
I look forward to seeing you in Stevens Point
on December 12, 2008.
Barbara Lawton
Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor