Climate Change Demands Change. Why Aren’t We?A Center for Public Scholarship Conference |
John L. Tishman Auditorium at the University Center Livestreamed at new.livestream.com/TheNewSchool/climate-change-demands-we-change On the heels of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes’ comprehensive report on global warming, the Center for Public Scholarship at The New School hosts leading climate and sustainability experts for the free two-day conference Climate Change Demands Change. Why Aren’t We? (April 24 and 25). Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, will deliver the keynote address, "How to Unleash Climate Action: Values, Politics, and the Inevitability of the Clean Energy Future," on Thursday, April 24, at 6:00 p.m. The keynote session will be moderated by Daniel R. Tishman, Chairman and CEO of Tishman Construction, Vice Chairman of AECOM and Chairman of the Board at the Natural Resources Defense Council. The conference uniquely addresses the roadblocks to the changes we need to see, quickly, from our governments, infrastructures, businesses, communities, and ourselves. The five sessions explore explaining climate change for effective decision making, the physical city, climate action, money and politics, and the difficult choices environmental threat demands of society. Panelists, who represent the cutting-edge of thought on climate change from across the fields of psychology, political science, finance, architecture, urban infrastructure and more are: Steven Cohen, Executive Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute To learn more and to register for free tickets, please visit www.newschool.edu/cps/climate-change/. The conference has been made possible with generous support from the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation. |
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