What do local candidates for office think about climate change? How will it affect your vote in November? To aid citizens in their democratic deliberations, Gonzaga’s Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment is proud to host the Spokane Candidates Climate Change Forum on the first Wednesday each October.
The Climate Forum has been hosted annually since 2019 and is a non-partisan space where candidates for local office can share with local voters and citizens what they would or would not do or support if elected to office.
2025 Spokane Candidates Climate Change Forum
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time: 6:00pm (Pacific Time)
Location: The Globe Room, Gonzaga University & Live streaming (link sent day of).
Forum moderator: Dr. Brian G. Henning, Director, Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment
Candidates
Candidates for Spokane City Council Position 2 and Spokane Valley City Council Positions 1, 4, 5, and 7 will be invited following the primary elections in summer 2025. Once invited, candidates will be listed below in alphabetical order by last name. Those who have confirmed their attendance will be marked with an asterisk (*). Those who have declined the invitation will be marked with a double asterisk (**).
Audience Rules of Engagement
At Gonzaga we take seriously the importance of modeling the civil discourse that we expect of our leaders. To create a welcoming space for dialogue, please observe the following rules:
- No booing
- No clapping
- No cheering
Audience members will be given a green and red sheet of paper. If a candidate says something you like, hold up the green sheet of paper. If a candidate says something you don’t like, hold up the red sheet of paper.
