Keynote Speaker Dr. Sandra Steingraber, biologist, author, science journalist, reporter from Paris, and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Ithaca College, will provide an overview of the treaty, the implementation process, and the science of climate change. Panelists will present their perspectives from Paris, with a Q and A session to follow.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
7:00-9:00pm
Textor 102
About Ms. Steingraber:
Sandra Steingraber is a biologist, author, and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Ithaca College. She attended the COP21 talks in Paris wearing two hats: As the co-founder of Concerned Health Professionals of New York, she gave an invited presentation on the public health impacts of shale gas extraction; as a science journalist, she reported from Paris on assignment for the on-line newsmagazine Ecowatch.
About the Panelists:
Colleen Boland, We Are Seneca Lake
Colleen Boland is currently on the steering committee of civil disobedience group We Are Seneca Lake and represented the group at COP21. She also serves as Board Chair of House with Heart, a home for abandoned children in Kathmandu, Nepal and is a retired Senior Master Sergeant from the U.S. Air Force.
Allison Chatrchyan, Cornell Institute for Climate Change and Agriculture
Allison Chatrchyan, PhD, is the director of the Cornell Institute for Climate Change and Agriculture and a faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. A social scientist with a background in international environmental politics and policy, she represented Cornell University as a delegate to the U.N.’s COP21 climate negotiations in Paris.
Robert Howarth, Cornell University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Robert Howarth, PhD, is an earth systems scientist who has worked on global change issues for 30 years and a leading authority of how methane influences the greenhouse gas footprint of shale gas. The David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology, he represented Cornell University at the United Nations' COP21 climate negotiations.
Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Johannes Lehmann, PhD, is a professor of soil and biogeochemistry and soil fertility management in Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and a fellow with the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. With specialties in soil organic matter, soil carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions and soil fertility, he represented Cornell as a delegate to the COP21 negotiations.
Thomas Shevory, Ithaca College Department of Politics
Tom Shevory is Professor of Politics at Ithaca College. He teaches courses on U.S. Politics, Environmental Politics, and various aspects of popular culture. He has published six books and numerous scholarly articles on issues related to law, public policy, and popular culture, with special attention to health and environment. He attended the Paris Conference as a representative of Ithaca College, which has had NGO Observer status since 2005. Check out his blog of the conference: https://www.ithaca.edu/fleff/blogs/paris_climate_landscapes/
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