[SPN-Discussion] Preparing for Extreme Weather Events: Nov. 14 program in NYC

[Gerrard, Michael B.]

WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE ART IN PREPARING FOR EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS?

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Program -- 10:00 am to 1:45 pm
Luncheon -- 1:45 pm to 2:30 pm
1 East 42nd Street, New York, New York

RSVP to Ms. Jessica Huang here<mailto:cj73162 at gmail.com>.

Sponsors:
Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York
Academic Council on the United Nations System

Introductory remarks:
Ambassador Andrew Kao, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office of New York
Professor Alistair Edgar, Academic Council on the United Nations System
Professor Michael Gerrard, Center for  Climate  Change Law

Keynote speeches:
 Mr. Shaw Chen Liu, Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Republic of China (Taiwan)
"Changes of Extreme Precipitation at Low Latitudes in a Warming Globe"

Ms. Leah Cohen, NYC Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability
"New York City's Preparations for Extreme Weather Events"

Panel Discussion -- "Extreme Weather Events, UNFCCC, Climate Science and Public Policy"

Panelists:
Ambassador Collin Beck, Solomon Islands
Ambassador Janine Coye-Felson, Belize
Professor Michael Gerrard, Center for Climate Change Law
Professor Klaus Jacob, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Mr. Justin Harris. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Additional information is available here<http://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/climate-change/files/Past-Conferences-and-Events/ACUNS_TECONY_lecture_poster_Nov16_web.pdf>.

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Michael B. Gerrard
Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice
Director, Center for  Climate Change Law
Columbia Law School
435 West 116th Street
New York, New York 10027
Tel: 212-854-3287
Fax: 212-854-7946
michael.gerrard at law.columbia.edu<mailto:michael.gerrard at law.columbia.edu>
www.ColumbiaClimateLaw.com

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