Policy Advocacy for the Environment - Need, Progress, and Challenges - Livestream

People concerned with the environment have long advocated for public policies that reflect that concern for the conservation of natural resources, and preservation of natural spaces. That advocacy comes from a recognition that 1) the environment can’t speak for itself
in political processes, and 2) public policy is still the best mechanism for collective action in stable democracies. The practice of policy advocacy for the environment has grown considerably in the last 50 years, with a variety of strategies coming into clarity in the last
decade. But challenges remain, particularly with the integration of environmental science into policy advocacy. In this talk, Dr. Sheldon Gen presents a broad overview of the state of environmental policy advocacyâ€"including his own research on the topicâ€"to assess how environmental science can better inform and influence public policies.

Speaker: Sheldon Gen, Professor, San Francisco State University

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