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What is climate change? A definition from the Department of Ecology of Washington State reads: Climate includes patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons. It affects more than just a change in the weather and refers to seasonal changes over a long period of time. These climate patterns play a fundamental role in shaping natural ecosystems, and the human economies and cultures that depend on them.

It may be used inter-changably with global warming as they’re closely related. Global warming causes climates to change. Here is NASA discussion on the two terms, What's In A Name?

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An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now with John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram:
Beyond his position as chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr rose to global prominence in the business world with his development of OKRs (objectives and key results), which he popularized in his best-selling book Measure What Matters. Could the same set of management tools be applied to preventing the growing climate crisis? In Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now, John Doerr and Kleiner Perkins advisor Ryan Panchadsaram argue that it can.

Join The Commonwealth Club and Climate One as John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram discuss the most pressing issue in our lifetime—and how lessons learned at the highest levels of business might address it.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

SPEAKERS

John Doerr
Chair, Kleiner Perkins; Author, Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now

Ryan Panchadsaram
Advisor to the Chairman, Kleiner Perkins; Contributor, Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now

In Conversation with Greg Dalton
Founder and Host, Climate One

EarthSayers Greg Dalton; John Doerr; Ryan Panchadsaram

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