[Save] Climate Change Policy Events Nov 5 and Dec 4

[Karen Gibson]

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>The International and National Context for Local Action on Climate
>Change
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>A Presentation by Dr. William Moomaw
>Professor of International Environmental Policy, The Fletcher School,
>Tufts University
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>International and national policies are essential for long-term success
>in addressing global climate change. However, governments have been slow
>take action on such policies. In this talk, Dr. Moomaw will address the
>foundations for this resistance and will highlight the importance of
>working on the subnational and local levels. The significance of
>engaging institutions, businesses and community members will be
>discussed.
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>Prof. Moomaw was a coordinating author for the IPCC Third Assessment
>Report on Mitigation and is Co-Director of the Tufts Climate Initiative.
>He was the first director of the Climate Energy and Pollution program at
>the World Resources Institute, and directed the Center for Environmental
>Studies at Williams College.
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>November 5
>4:00 PM
>Building 4 Room 163
>http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=4&Buildings=go
>Refreshments will be served
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>Second of three events in the Climate Policy Speaker Series
>Sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
>More info: bconlin at mit.edu
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>ALSO - the Third and Final Event...
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>December 4  4PM - MIT & City of Cambridge: Collaborating on Climate
>Protection - Building 66-110
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>A panel of leaders at MIT and City of Cambridge will briefly present how
>they are taking action separately and together on the issue of climate,
>and will interact with the audience on where the future should lead.
>Panelists include:
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>Henrietta Davis, Vice-Mayor of the City of Cambridge, Chair of City
>Council Committee on Health and Environment
>Jamie Lewis Keith, Managing Director, MIT Environmental Programs Office
>and Risk Management, and MIT Senior Counsel
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>**** MIT Students Please Note - IAP Seminar - "Implementing the
>Cambridge Climate Protection Plan", in cooperation with the City of
>Cambridge - to be posted
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>Beth Conlin
>Education Program Coordinator
>Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>E40-481, 1 Amherst St.
>Cambridge, MA 02139
>617-452-3199
>bconlin at mit.edu

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Karen  L. Gibson
Program Assistant
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