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• 2025 Annual Members Meeting & Dinner Featuring Acclaimed UC San Diego Professor David G. Victor

  • When
    June 18, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Royal India Miramar

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  The San Diego World Affairs Council Presents 

  
  

  featuring acclaimed UC San Diego Professor

  David G. Victor

  presenting:

  "Climate Policy and Decarbonization

  in the Trump 2.0 Era"
  

  
  

  Wednesday June 18, 2025

  6:00pm - 8:00pm

  
  

   Royal India Miramar

  8990 Miramar Road #200 ,San Diego, CA 92126

  
  

  About the Program

  These are truly turbulent times…on an historic scale. Huge policy changes regarding US decarbonization, green energy investment, and global warming/climate research are being largely eclipsed in the media by tariff news and the geopolitical transformation of the global order being driven by the Trump 2.0 White House. 

  Nevertheless, Trump 2.0 environmental policy changes are likely to be consequential – for the US and the planet. Those changes may also come to have geopolitical implications. New global leadership may emerge. Furthermore, some Trump 2.0 shifts seem likely to find ready audiences in other parts of the world. 

  Drawing on his deep experience and awareness, David G. Victor will discuss the impacts and consequences of US policy changes toward global warming and decarbonization. Beyond discussing the impact of the of the first five months of Trump 2.0, David will step back and take the long view…across the arc of a decade or two – or three. What has happened…and where do we go from here? What will be the impact of the Trump tariffs? Will geo-engineering emerge as a tool for addressing climate change? Will new meaning be given to an old US Marine Corps proverb: “Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome”?

  Following Dr. Victor's presentation there will be ample time for audience questions.

  
  

  About David G. Victor

  David G. Victor is a professor of innovation and public policy at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego. He co-directs the campus-wide Deep Decarbonization Initiative, which focuses on the engineering, economic and political challenges associated with bringing the world to nearly zero emissions of warming gasses.

  He has been heavily involved in many different climate- and energy-policy initiatives, including as convening lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations-sanctioned international body with 195 country members that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

  He is also an adjunct professor in Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a professor (by courtesy) in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

  Prior to joining the faculty at UC San Diego, Victor was a professor at Stanford Law School where he taught energy and environmental law.

  His Ph.D. is from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and A.B. from Harvard University.

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• Special Event - "Tariffs, USMCA & the Future of North American Integration" at the Institute of the Americas

  • When
    June 26, 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Institute of the Americas

  
  

  
  

  About this Program

  In a time of global economic uncertainty and shifting trade alliances, the future of North American economic integration is at a critical crossroads. Join us for an important public forum that brings together high-level leaders from the United States, Mexico, and Canada to examine the evolving impact of tariffs, the implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and the broader outlook for trilateral economic cooperation. 

  This special event—co-organized by the North American Forum, Institute of the Americas, UC San Diego Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Smart Border Coalition, and San Diego World Affairs Council —will feature prominent voices from government, business, and academia. Together, we’ll explore how tariff disruptions are reshaping supply chains, investment decisions, and the future of regional competitiveness across North America and, in particular, the San Diego-Baja California border region.

  Full Agenda Below: 

  Welcome and introductions

  • Mr. Richard Kiy, CEO, Institute of the Americas  

  The Future of North American Economic Integration: Tariffs, USMCA 

  and the Road Ahead  

  • Ambassador Thomas Shannon, Jr., US NAF, Co-Chair; Senior 

  International Policy Advisor, Arnold & Porter, and former Under 

  Secretary of State for Political Affairs  

  • Dr. Jaime Zabludovsky Kuper, NAF-Mexico Co-Chair and Executive 

  Vice President, IQOM Inteligencia Comercial  

  • Mr. Goldy Hyder, Canada NAF Co-Chair; President & CEO of the 

  Business Council Canada  

  • Dr. Pedro Aspe, Chairman of Evercore Partners and CEO, Protego 

  and former Mexican Treasury Minister 

  • Ambassador Shauna Hemingway, Senior Special Advisor, 

  Business Council Canada and former Canadian Ambassador to 

  the Dominican Republic and Deputy Head of Mission in Mexico City

  Registration is required. Students attend for free, tickets for general public are $50.  Please Register via the Institute of Americas website by clicking HERE

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• The Future of the Colorado River - Panel Discussion and Networking Breakfast

  • When
    September 05, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    UCSD Park & Market, 1100 Market Street, San Diego

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  About this Program

  The current management guidelines for the Colorado River expire in 2026. The seven Colorado River Basin states, various tribal nations, and Mexico are working to find consensus on how to allocate the river's water in the future. It's a particularly challenging task in the face of growing demand, shrinking supplies and a changing climate -- and it's of critical importance for our region. About 60% of San Diego County's water supply comes from the Colorado River, largely through a conservation-and-transfer agreement with the Imperial Irrigation District, which holds priority water rights on the river. Join us to hear from leaders as they discuss those issues and others critical to the future of the Colorado River. Q&A will follow the moderated panel discussion.
  

  Free to the public  Pre-registration required. For info on UCSD Park & Market Event suggested parking click here. 

  
  

  About the Panelists

  Carl Nettleton (Moderator) President, Nettleton Strategies

  Sally Spener, Foreign Affairs Officer, International Boundary and Water Commission

  Dan Denham, General Manager, San Diego County Water Authority

  Tina Shields, Water Department Manager, Imperial Irrigation District

  Jordan Joaquin, Member and Past President, Quechan Indian Tribe of Fort Yuma Indian Reservation

  Carlos A. de la Parra, Founding Partner, Centro Luken de Estrategias en Agua y Medio Ambiente in Tijuana

  
  

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