>>/134990/ >>/134991/ >>/134992/ >>/134993/ >>/134994/ >>/134995/ >>/134996/ >>/134997/ >>/134998/ >>/134999/ >>/135000/ >>/135001/ >>/135002/ >>/135003/ >>/135004/ >>/135005/ >>/135006/ >>/135007/ >>/135008/ >>/135009/ >>/135010/ >>/135011/ >>/135012/ >>/135013/ >>/135014/ >>/135015/ December 9, 2023 9:30 AM EST Youth Voices from the Gulf: New Ideas and International Exchange on Climate Action: The Gulf Research Center Foundation (GRC Jeddah and Geneva) and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s (KAS) Regional Programme Gulf States are holding a call for young experts and practitioners from the GCC states for papers exploring youth perspectives and engagement in climate protection - 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, United Arab Emirates (UNFCCC COP 28) Gulf Research Center Foundation (GRCF); The Congolese Diaspora For Nelson Mandela Legacy. (CDFNML) https://unfccc.int/cop28 https://seors.unfccc.int/applications/seors/reports/events_list.html December 9, 2023 9:30 AM EST Ensuring Effective Human Rights Protections in Article 6 Rules: Carbon offsetting projects have been linked to numerous human rights violations. It is, therefore, vital that rights safeguards are introduced within Article 6 to ensure that states and private entities are held accountable for their rights violations and for their overreliance on offsets. - 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, United Arab Emirates (UNFCCC COP 28) Comité Catholique contre la Faim et pour le Développement - Terre solidaire (CCFD-Terre Solidaire); Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) https://unfccc.int/cop28 https://seors.unfccc.int/applications/seors/reports/events_list.html December 9, 2023 9:30 AM EST Leveraging Carbon Dioxide Removal, Negative Emissions and Renewable Energy Solutions: Achieving the 1.5° targets will require the use of negative emission technologies and materials as well as direct air capture and sequestering materials (incl. for the GHG-intensive buildings sector). Intelligent assessment and finance is needed to implement solutions. - 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, United Arab Emirates (UNFCCC COP 28) European Business Council for Sustainable Energy (e5); Abibimman Foundation (AF); Arizona State University (ASU); Coalition for Our Common Future (COCF); International Code Council; Reevaluation Foundation; The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) https://unfccc.int/cop28 https://seors.unfccc.int/applications/seors/reports/events_list.html December 9, 2023 9:30 AM EST The Presidency: Julia Gardiner Tyler.vWhat did first lady Julia Gardiner Tyler have to do with the annexation of Texas? The First Ladies Association for Research and Education hosted a virtual discussion looking at how this first lady's marriage to President John Tyler became politicized and tied to the 1844 presidential election. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?532012-1/julia-gardiner-tyler December 9, 2023 10:00 AM EST Campaign 2024: GOP Presidential Hopefuls Speak in Sioux Center, Iowa Ahead of the Iowa Republican caucus next month, Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) hosts conversations with presidential candidates Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL), former Gov. Nikki Haley (SC), Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ryan Binkley in Sioux Center, Iowa. https://www.c-span.org/video/?467235-1/kellyanne-conway-comments-reporters December 9, 2023 10:00 AM EST VAI Music Therapy National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM) Columbus, Ohio https://nationalvmm.org/events/vai-music-therapy/ December 9, 2023 10:20 AM EST American Artifacts: St. John's Church, the "Church of the Presidents". St. John's Church on Lafayette Square near the White House was designed by U.S. Capitol architect Benjamin Latrobe and opened in 1816. St. John's is known as the "Church of the Presidents," because every president since James Madison has attended at least one service there. Historian and church member Richard Grimmett gave American History TV a tour of the national historic landmark. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?298414-1/st-johns-church-church-presidents 27