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CALIFORNIA’S CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AND NEXT GOVERNOR • IN-PERSON

California’s Climate Leadership and the Next Governor

Monday, April 20, 2026
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
SPUR Office, San Francisco
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California has been a leader on climate and environmental policy and implementation for decades –

 demonstrating that it is possible to deliver a clean environment while also growing the state’s economy. Today, several factors threaten this leadership. Actions at the federal level, including withdrawal of California’s waivers, repeal of EPA’s Endangerment Finding, and outright hostility toward renewable energy generation directly targeting California’s authority. California’s economy is growing, but it is not delivering shared prosperity, with California now standing as the state with the highest inequality of any in America. Increased concerns about the state’s cost of energy, housing and transportation affordability, and quality of life may threaten the potential for additional actions necessary to meet California’s climate targets. Together, these pressures threaten to erode California’s leadership at a critical moment, which could have cascading effects in other states and, even internationally. 

California’s next governor will come into office at a pivotal moment to continue the State’s momentum on climate change, while also tackling economic mobility, affordability, housing production, and a combative federal administration. This event will feature dialogue between three leading voices in the State, where they will share what they see as priorities for the next Governor, how the next Governor can navigate potentially conflicting priorities, and why climate change needs to be a central consideration in this year’s gubernatorial election. 

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THE OTHER HALF OF CLIMATE: POLICY, CAPITAL, AND RACE TO SCALE NEAR-TERM SOLUTIONS • IN-PERSON

The Other Half of Climate: Policy, Capital, and Race to Scale Near-Term Solutions Climate 

Wednesday, April 22, 2026
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
ClimateWorks Foundation Office, San Francisco
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​​​Methane and other superpollutants are responsible for nearly half of today’s net global warming, yet they remain underleveraged in climate finance, carbon markets, and policy frameworks. This event, hosted by UC Berkeley Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment (CLEE) and Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) during SF Climate Week 2026, aims to bring together policymakers, investors, technologists, and market builders to examine what it will take to accelerate superpollutant action and to forge the cross-sector connections needed to do it.

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THE FUTURE OF OIL & GAS SERIES • WEBINAR

The Present and Future of Oil and Gas in California

Thursday, April 23, 2026
3:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
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As a part of a new initiative to examine future pathways for the oil and gas industry in a low-carbon world, CLEE is hosting a multi-part webinar series to focus on the long-term future of the oil and gas industry in California and beyond. 

Join us for the first event of the series: a conversation led by experts on California’s energy policy and economic landscape, discussing how the state can manage the transition to low-carbon energy. This webinar will feature:

• Siva Gunda, Vice-Chair of the California Energy Commission
• Severin Borenstein, Professor of the Graduate School, E.T. Grether Chair in Business Administration and Public Policy, and Faculty Director of the Energy Institute at Haas
• Darien Sturges (Moderator), Fellow, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law

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-Featuring CLEE Voices-

ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION KICK OFF TO CLIMATE WEEK CONFERENCE  • IN-PERSON

Accelerating the Transition Kick Off to Climate Week Conference
Saturday, April 18, 2026
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
UC Law, San Francisco
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​Join us for the nation’s premier gathering of leaders shaping America’s clean energy future. We welcome innovators, policymakers, investors, and clean energy leaders at Accelerating the Transition 2026.

​Collaborate with and learn what works from innovators in government, industry, investing, and policy who are moving our country toward clean energy, despite the federal environment.

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CLIMATE BREAK • LIVE

CLIMATE BREAK

Friday, April 24, 2026
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.(Pacific Time)
KALW Public Media
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​Join Us for a Live Recording of Climate Break at KALW!

​The planet is on fire — sometimes literally. But inside a radio studio in San Francisco, something else is happening: people are actually doing something about it.

​Climate Break comes to KALW for a live episode taping, and you’re invited into the room. Host Ethan Elkind will sit down with climate innovators, scientists, and the quietly determined individuals who are rewriting what’s possible — from the rooftops of Oakland to the policy halls of Sacramento and beyond. This isn’t doom-scrolling. This is the other story: the one that doesn’t make the front page, but probably should.

​Expect sharp conversation, real solutions, and a reminder that the race to a livable future is already underway. Come be part of it.