| WHAT: |
The world is in the midst of two monumental and deeply entwined phenomena: climate change and urbanization. With more than half of the world's population now living in cities, theorists, scientists and policy makers dealing with climate change are confronting new challenges and new ideas. Join the editors of the new book Climate Change and Cities, the first-ever ongoing, state-of-the-knowledge assessment report on climate change and cities, for an in-depth panel discussion of these issues marking the book's New York launch.
Climate Change and Cities (Cambridge University Press, 2011) offers the work of the Urban Climate Change Research Network, a coalition of 106 scholars from 50 cities. This discussion is presented in partnership with the Tishman Environment and Design Center, the Sheila Johnson Design Center, the exhibition U-n-f-o-l-d: A Cultural Response to Climate Change, and in association with Archtober, Architecture and Design Month New York City, October 2011. |
| WHO: |
Shagun Mehrotra, Assistant Professor, the Milano School for International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy at The New School
Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University
William D. Solecki, Professor of Geography, City University of New York
Stephen A. Hammer, Lecturer in Energy Planning, MIT; Co-Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network
John Clinton, Director of Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management at The New School (Moderator)
Joel Towers, Executive Dean of Parsons The New School for Design (Introduction) |
| WHEN: |
Friday, October 21, 2011, 5 p.m. |
| WHERE: |
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 2 West 13th Street |
| TICKETS: |
Admission is free and seating is first-come, first-served. |
About The New School
Located in the heart of New York's Greenwich Village, The New School is a center of academic excellence where intellectual and artistic freedoms thrive. More than 10,200 matriculated students and 6,400 continuing education students enjoy a disciplined education supported by small class sizes, superior resources, and renowned working faculty members who practice what they teach. The New School is comprised of The New School for General Studies, The New School for Social Research, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, Parsons The New School for Design, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, Mannes College The New School for Music, The New School for Drama, and The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. For more information, please visit http://www.newschool.edu.
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