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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE ART IN PREPARING FOR EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS?
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<b>Wednesday, November 14, 2012</b> <br>
Program -- 10:00 am to 1:45 pm <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Luncheon -- 1:45 pm to 2:30 pm <br>
1 East 42nd Street, New York, New York <br>
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RSVP to Ms. Jessica Huang <b><a href="mailto:cj73162@gmail.com">here</a></b>. <br>
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<b>Sponsors: </b><br>
<b>Center for Climate Change Law</b>,<b> Columbia Law School </b><br>
<b>Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York</b> <br>
<b>Academic Council on the United Nations System</b> <br>
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<b>Introductory remarks: <br>
Ambassador Andrew Kao</b>, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office of New York <br>
<b>Professor Alistair Edgar</b>, Academic Council on the United Nations System <br>
<b>Professor Michael Gerrard</b>, Center for Climate Change Law <br>
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<b>Keynote speeches:</b> <br>
<b>Mr. Shaw Chen Liu</b>, Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Republic of China (Taiwan)
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"Changes of Extreme Precipitation at Low Latitudes in a Warming Globe"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ms. Leah Cohen</b>, NYC Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability<br>
"New York City's Preparations for Extreme Weather Events" <br>
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<b>Panel Discussion -- "Extreme Weather Events, UNFCCC, Climate Science and Public Policy"
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<b>Panelists:</b> <br>
<b>Ambassador Collin Beck</b>, Solomon Islands <br>
<b>Ambassador Janine Coye-Felson</b>, Belize <br>
<b>Professor Michael Gerrard</b>, Center for Climate Change Law <br>
<b>Professor Klaus Jacob</b>, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
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<b>Mr. Justin Harris</b>. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency <br>
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<b>Additional information is available <a href="http://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/climate-change/files/Past-Conferences-and-Events/ACUNS_TECONY_lecture_poster_Nov16_web.pdf">
here</a></b>. <br>
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<b>Michael B. Gerrard<br>
</b>Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice<br>
Director, Center for Climate Change Law<br>
Columbia Law School<br>
435 West 116th Street<br>
New York, New York 10027<br>
Tel: 212-854-3287<br>
Fax: 212-854-7946<br>
<a href="mailto:michael.gerrard@law.columbia.edu">michael.gerrard@law.columbia.edu</a><br>
<a href="www.ColumbiaClimateLaw.com">www.ColumbiaClimateLaw.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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