Beginning Earth Day, Monday, some of the state’s leading voices on matters of climate policy, climate justice and the shaping of a green economy will participate in a week of events hosted by Climate One, a program of San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club.

Is California on track for an affordable and just transition away from fossil fuels? Where do we stand on the United Nations agreement for governments to designate 30 percent of their land and oceans as protected areas by 2030? How should we address the gender gap in green industries? These are some of the issues that will be unpacked through the week.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta opens Monday with a conversation with Climate One host Greg Dalton about suing Big Oil. Through Thursday, there will be speakers providing local, state and national perspectives, with presentations from the San Francisco Environment Department director Tyrone Jue to California Secretary of Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot.

Mari Rose Taruc of the California Environmental Justice Alliance advocacy group will discuss the terms of a just energy transition with Liane Randolph, chair of the State Air Resources Board. State Sens. Nancy Skinner and Scott Wiener will talk about the environmental impacts of a “brutal state budget,” and Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis will talk with Jennifer Barrera, president of the California Chamber of Commerce, about growing a low-carbon economy.

Climate One has a full slate of speakers planned as part of SF Climate Week at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. More information is available on the organization’s website. (Screenshot via climateone.org)

Anyone interested in joining a climate organization or looking for a green job can attend a Tuesday afternoon Action Lounge, where they can network and receive guidance from climate career coaches. The Friday night finale is a climate fashion show and rooftop mixer with live music.

All events will happen mostly in the afternoon at the Commonwealth Club at 110 The Embarcadero. The cost is $20 per day for events on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Friday’s event is $30. Students and Commonwealth Club members get a $10 discount. For those who need it, there are a number of discount codes for a free ticket, which can be requested by emai from jpark@commonwealthclub.org or wshaida@commowealthclub.org.

Tickets and schedules are available online.

Ruth Dusseault is an investigative reporter and multimedia journalist focused on environment and energy. Her position is supported by the California local news fellowship, a statewide initiative spearheaded by UC Berkeley aimed at supporting local news platforms. While a student at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism (c’23), Ruth developed stories about the social and environmental circumstances of contaminated watersheds around the Great Lakes, Mississippi River and Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. Her thesis explored rights of nature laws in small rural communities. She is a former assistant professor and artist in residence at Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture, and uses photography, film and digital storytelling to report on the engineered systems that undergird modern life.