Overview
Join TNC in Massachusetts for lunchtime virtual gatherings as part of our Nature Connects webinar series. It’s a chance to hear from our leading scientists and environmental experts about tackling climate change, protecting land and water and providing food and water sustainably.
Register for upcoming webinars at the links listed under each event below. All webinars are at 12 p.m. ET unless otherwise noted. You must register* to attend—information for joining the webinars via Zoom will be provided upon registering.
You can also watch previous webinar recordings at the links listed on the next tab!
Upcoming Webinars
Offshore Wind Webinar Series
Offshore wind is a complicated topic. We know it can be a critically important energy resource in our efforts to mitigate climate change, but it also evokes a lot of questions. How much will it cost and what will it mean for our economies and the health of our communities? Where should it be located? And how might it impact the species and habitats we care about?
The Nature Conservancy is launching this monthly seven-part webinar series to convene experts who can help us answer some of the most challenging questions we have about offshore wind and explore how it can help us create a cleaner, greener and more prosperous future. We hope you will join us.
Series Webinar 5 | Understanding the Interactions Between Fish, Fish Habitat and Offshore Wind in an Ever-Changing Ocean
Thursday, November 14, 2024 | 12 - 1 pm ET
Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about interactions between fish and offshore wind and the surprising impacts that offshore wind infrastructure is having on fish habitat. Dr. Brendan Runde, marine scientist with TNC, and Dr. Annie Murphy, a principal scientist at INSPIRE Environmental, will share the research they've been doing to understand more about how fish respond to offshore wind construction and adapt to new structures in the marine environment.
Series Webinar 6 | The Role of Data, Spatial Tools and Policy in Designing Offshore Wind Projects to Create Biodiversity Positive Outcomes
Thursday, December 5, 2024 | 12 - 1 pm ET
What does the term net-positive impact on biodiversity mean in an offshore wind context? Why does it matter? And how will we know if we achieve it? Host Christopher McGuire, ocean program director for TNC in Massachusetts, will address these questions and more with Tricia K. Jedele, Esq., offshore wind policy manager at TNC and Dr. Marta Ribera, spatial ecologist for North America Science at TNC. They'll talk about how they're using data, spatial tools and policy to benefit biodiversity when moving forward with offshore wind.
Series Webinar 7 | Sharing the Social Value of Offshore Wind Through Community Benefits Agreements
Thursday, January 23, 2025 | 12 - 1 pm ET
Tune in to hear from Lindsay Dougan, senior community investment manager at SSE Renewables, share about her experience supporting over £330 million ($419 million) in community benefit agreements across Europe and Japan. She'll be joined by Mark James, associate professor and interim director of the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law and Graduate School. He'll review the Institute's new report on examples of how the U.S. federal government and states are incentivizing and incorporating community benefits agreements into their offshore wind development processes.
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