User:Jachien/Climate One

Climate One is a branch of The Commonwealth Club of California based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2007 by Greg Dalton, it is a leadership dialogue focused on energy, environment and the economy. Climate One aims to bridge the gap between business leadership and sustainability through discussions around strong action and climate change. [www.climate-one.org/about]

Mission
Climate One at The Commonwealth Club of California is a thriving leadership dialogue on energy, the environment and the economy. It convenes top thinkers and doers from business, government, academia and advocacy groups to advance the discussion about a clean energy future.

History
Vice President of The Commonwealth Club of California, Greg Dalton had worked at the Club in the public forum sector for 6 years, holding discussions with a variety of people including former CEO of AT&T Ed Whitacre, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, and 9/11 Commissioners Slade Gorton and Richard Ben-Veniste, prior to starting Climate One.

While traveling on a global warming symposium hosted by The Commonwealth Club of California with academic experts and journalists around the Arctic Circle, Dalton decided to form Climate One, a branch separate from the Club that focused on sustainability measures.

Speakers and Programs
The organization hosts multiple talks throughout the year in the San Francisco office and occasionally offsite to discuss current issues on business interests sustainable environments.

Past speakers at Climate One include:
 * Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton
 * Climate scientist Dr. James E. Hansen
 * Author and activist Laurie David
 * Venture Capitalist Vinod Khosla
 * Former Secretary of State James A. Baker
 * Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus
 * Better Place CEO Shai Agassi
 * Center for American Progress senior fellow Joe Romm
 * Architect William McDonough
 * Plug In America founder Marc Geller
 * Tesla Vice President of Business Development Diarmuid O’Connell
 * California Energy Commission former Commissioner Anthony Eggert
 * California EV Strategic Plan Executive Director Diane Wittenberg
 * IDEO former partner Ted Howes
 * EPRI Director of Electric Transportation and Energy Storage Mark Duvall
 * CPUC former Commissioner Dian Grueneich
 * UC Berkeley professor Whendee Silver
 * Bon Appetit Management Company director Helene York
 * Environmental Working Group founder and president Ken Cook
 * NRDC energy co-director Ralph Cavanagh
 * Western States Petroleum Association president Catherine Reheis-Boyd
 * California Manufacturers and Technology Association president Jack Stewart
 * Draper Fisher Jurvetson managing director Raj Atluru
 * Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
 * T2 & Associates president Tom Tanton
 * Nth Power founder and managing director Nancy Floyd
 * Environmental Entrepreneurs founder Bob Epstein
 * California Energy Commission chair Karen Douglas
 * BrightSource Energy president and CEO John Woolard
 * Apollo Alliance California State coordinator Lisa Hoyos
 * NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco
 * White House Council on Environmental Quality chair Nancy Sutley
 * U.S. Navy secretary Ray Mabus
 * U.S. Representative Edward Markey (D-MA)