build america's first solar village bill bakker is the executive director of the presidential climate action project and a senior associate at the natural capitalism solutions he spent fifteen years at the u.s. department of energy addition to his work at the climate action project he's also a member of mikhail gorbachev climate change task force and then advisor to the environmental and energy study institute here in washington d.c. william joins us now from denver colorado go back or welcome to the program. thank you very much thanks for.

build america's first solar village bill bakker is the executive director of the presidential climate action project and a senior associate at the natural capitalism solutions he spent fifteen years at the u.s. department of energy addition to his work at the climate action project he's also a member of mikhail gorbachev climate change task force and then advisor to the environmental and energy study institute here in washington d.c. william joins us now from denver colorado go back or welcome to the program. thank you very much thanks for joining us let's start out with you what got you interested in climate science sustainable. well you mentioned part of my resume goes back to the late one nine hundred seventy s. when i was a newspaper publisher in the small was council rule town there was flooding.

build america's first solar village bill bakker is the executive director of the presidential climate action project and a senior associate at natural capitalism solutions he spent fifteen years at the u.s. department of energy addition to his work at the climate action project he's also a member of. climate change task force and then advisor to the environmental and energy study institute here in washington d.c. william joins us now from denver colorado go back or welcome to the program. thank you very much glad to be here thanks for joining us let's start out with you what got you interested in climate science sustainable. well you mentioned part of my resume goes back to the late one nine hundred seventy s. when i was a newspaper publisher in a small was town that was flooded every ten years or so with a major major flood like we've seen lately around here in colorado. for three and a half million dollars around this town. and i proposed in my capacity as we spend the money. for federal assistance again in the people this is after the oil embargoes of the one nine hundred seventy s. so we're doin

build america's first solar village bill bakker is the executive director of the presidential climate action project and a senior associate at natural capitalism solutions he spent fifteen years at the u.s. department of energy addition to his work at the climate action project he's also a member of mikhail gorbachev's climate change task force and then advisor to the environmental and energy study institute here in washington d.c. william joins us now from denver colorado go back or welcome to the program. thank you very much glad to be here thanks for joining us let's start out with you what got you interested in climate science sustainable. well you mentioned part of my resume goes back to the late one nine hundred seventy s. when i was a newspaper publisher in a small was council town that was flooded there will be ten years or so with a major major flood like we've seen lately around here in colorado and there is one to build a living for three and a half million dollars around this town. and i proposed in my capacity as editor that we spend the money instead to move the town to higher ground s

climate action on the ground. i want to thank ma link between her and shawn we've gotten this program up and running i'm so excited to see those projects move forward. thank you for your time >> o so i don't have my glasses on. yes. i want to thank malin. so i can - didn't you've heard it all night economy, equality and environment. once again all those projects are sequestering conscious and 3450ig9 carbons their own to have increase that walk ability and providing food foyer people and all things jeffrey beautifully articulated. argue just to go over the grantees the asian week foundations for that hunter point. this a big one the floater 4rer789 he gateway high school and bay street neighborhood watch and other. those are fabulous projects there's so many people involved so we present them to you. i know from a community you can look at the resolution and look at the description of the project i have it right here. that's what we're presenting do you have any questions and also a lot of the greets are here >> had you fabulous they are. >> will the fabulous grantees stand up. >> great you, you know, you're there. (clapping.) so do yo

projections is clear, based on the best available climates, ice. we know by the end of the century, polar bear population across the arctic will de-clicl if we don't take action>> what can be done along that vein? >> sure, a big thing is nations around the world can take actions between now and the next climate conference in paris in 2015. it will take that global agreement on climate to save the icy poll. in the shorter term we can manage some of the industrial developments that are pushing into the arctic, making sure they occur properly in the right places and in the right ways. managing harvests and reducio co human polar bear numbers. >> can you see more of a conflict between humans and bears? where is it coming from. >> the ice retracts in the summer time. we are seeing the push or bears are having to leave the ice and coming to shore where they are waiting for the ice to come back. being on shore puts them in closer proximity to communities. they'll come and investigate the areas and some of the bears who are hungry and are looking for food. >> hopefully we can reverse some of these trends. >> thank you jeff for joining us. joining us from canada. appr