Climate activist and author Ayana Elizabeth Johnson headlines this year’s summit, organized by Mountain Towns 2030, bringing together over 500 stakeholders from 60+ mountain communities. The summit, hosted at the Center for the Arts, will feature 30+ breakout sessions focused on climate action, clean energy, and collaboration. Keynote speakers include EPA’s KC Becker, Indigenous leader James Rattling Leaf, and Benji Backer of the American Conservation Coalition. The event will close with a discussion between Ari Matusiak, CEO of Rewiring America, and David Roberts, host of the Volts podcast.
The summit is at the Arts Center in Jackson Hole, WY. Ecosystem Stewardship Administrator Tanya Anderson shares, “The Town of Jackson is thrilled to host this year’s Mountain Towns Climate Solutions Summit. Jackson’s electeds and staff have benefited from attending this gathering for several years, always bringing back actionable strategies and ideas. We are excited to welcome colleagues and friends from other mountain communities to Jackson this year to continue learning, growing, and collectively accelerating the movement to decrease carbon emissions.”
Mountain Towns 2030, launched in 2019, aiming to unite together mountain and outdoor communities to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. The organization equips community stakeholders with practical insights, proven tools, and data to accelerate climate leadership.
This year Mountain Towns 2030 Climate Solutions Summit unites diverse mountain and outdoor community members from across the globe to collaboratively address climate change.
This event brings voices from local government leaders, ski resorts, business stakeholders, and nonprofit organizations. The summit fosters a highly specialized peer network that shares actionable climate solutions tailored specifically for mountain regions, all while aiming for zero carbon emissions and focusing on policy and community-driven action.
For the third straight year, the Summit will be emceed by Climate Town TV’s Rollie Williams, and climate activist and author Ayana Elizabeth Johnson will be headlining Opening Day, speaking about her new book, “What If We Get It Right?” Additional speakers include EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker, Indigenous leader James Rattling Leaf, MIT’s Bethany Patten, Mat Woods, Chief Executive of Destination Queenstown New Zealand, The American Conservation Coalition’s Benji Backer, and others.
30+ breakout sessions, designed to give attendees relevant insights and actionable tools will dig into topics that include advocacy, climate action planning, clean energy, utility partnerships, climate equity, IRA funding opportunities, cross-functional collaboration, and many more.
“With the impacts of climate change being felt in every mountain community, our focus must be on deploying systemic climate solutions, quicker. We’re proud of our agenda this year and are honored that the Summit is taking place in Jackson, a town that exemplifies the ambitious action we all need to take. This year’s Summit will be the most impactful event we’ve ever produced for our communities,” said MT2030 Executive Director, Chris Steinkamp
The Summit is sponsored by The Town of Jackson, the Jackson Travel and Tourism Board, Alterra Mountain Company, Boyne Resorts, POWDR, Vail Resorts, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Stio, Zola, and over 25 community-level partners.
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For more information and to register for the upcoming MT2030 Climate Solutions Summit, please visit www.mt2030.org/summit.
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