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Thu, Nov 08
|Center for the Arts
Jackson Hole Global Forum
The Jackson Hole Global Forum will bring together global policymakers, business leaders, thought leaders, and coal communities to examine the challenges, global examples and opportunities for coal communities to set in motion new economic and climate oriented growth models.
Time & Location
Nov 08, 2018, 9:00 AM – Nov 09, 2018, 3:00 PM
Center for the Arts, 8690, 265 S Cache St, Jackson, WY 83001, USA
About the event
What? The Jackson Hole Global Forum will bring together diverse experts to discuss and compare the current challenges and potential opportunities for U.S. coal communities and similar regions around the world to generate new models of economic growth.
Why? Wyoming is the nation’s largest producer of coal, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, which provides much of the state’s public revenue and jobs. Efforts are already underway in earnest to expand and diversify the state’s economy. Wyoming is a microcosm of the larger macro challenges also facing various regions around the world, including in China, Europe, and the American mid-west. All these regions are striving to generate new sources of growth which reduce carbon emissions and strengthen their economies.
This forum will focus on the particular challenges faced by carbon-intensive areas. It will help provide the global context, new ideas, and new partnerships for communities, businesses, policymakers and concerned citizen…
Tickets
Early Bird
Your ticket helps us cover the costs for the Forum, and provides you with access to both days, two lunches, and a cocktail hour.
$50.00
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