<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class="" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br class=""></div></div></div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""></div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class="" style="text-align: center; font-size: 12.8px;"></div><div class=""><div style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">Panel Discussion Invitation </font></b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> </span></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><i class="">..........................................................................................</i></font></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><i class=""><b class=""><font color="#993300" class="">'Impacts of Climate Change on Women in Developing Countries'</font></b></i></font></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><i class=""><font color="#993300" class=""> </font>……………………………………………………………………………</i></font></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><font size="4" face="Calibri" class=""><b class="">Host</b></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><b class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri; line-height: 17.5px;"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><b class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri; line-height: 17.5px;"><font size="4" class="">Center for Global Affairs, </font></b><b class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri; line-height: 17.5px;"><font size="4" class="">NYU School of Professional Studies</font></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size:15px" class=""><strong class=""><b class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">RSVP</font></b></strong><font color="navy" face="Calibri" class="">: <a href="mailto:events@sustainabilitypractice.net" title="mailto:events@sustainabilitypractice.net" target="_blank" style="color:purple" class="">events@sustainabilitypractice.net</a> -</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size:15px" class=""><b class="">Date:</b> <u class=""></u></span></font><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;" class="">October 29, 2015</span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size:15px" class=""><b class="">Time:</b> 6:00 – 8:00pm <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><b style="font-size:15px" class="">Venue:</b><span style="font-size:15px" class=""> </span></font><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;" class="">Center for Global Affairs, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;" class="">NYU School of Professional Studies</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;" class=""> - </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;" class="">Woolworth Building, 15 Barclay Street, 4th floor, New York</span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size:15px" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font class=""><span class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Moderator</b><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">: Chloe Demrovsky, Adjunct Instructor, Center for Global Affairs</span></span></font></div></span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Panelists</b>: Adela Gondek, Professor of Ethics, Earth Institute, Columbia University; Bridget Burns, Advocacy and Communications Director, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO); Jazmin Burgess, Climate Change Policy Analyst, UNDC;</span></font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;" class=""><b class="">Invited</b>: Curtis Ravenel, Global Head, Sustainable Business & Finance, Bloomberg LP; </span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="line-height: 16.05px;"> </span></div><span class=""><span class=""><b class="">Panel Description</b></span></span>: 'Impacts of Climate Change on Women in Developing Countries’</span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><br class=""><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 15pt;"><font class=""><span class="">Climate change poses the greatest challenge to the world’s poorest countries, and especially to women in those countries. In developing countries women serve as both astute managers of natural resources and caretakers of the natural environment. <span class="" style="line-height: 15pt;">N</span><font class="" style="line-height: 15pt;">ew climate-related risks are adding to the existing challenge of tackling poverty, food security, and preventable and curable diseases. </font><font class="" style="line-height: 15pt;"> </font></span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="" style="line-height: 15pt;">Decisive action is needed. But making the right decisions is far from easy given the uncertainties about future climate impacts, regulations and financial support, and the potential trade-offs between generations, geographies, sectors and social groups.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 15pt;"><font class=""><span class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">The next few months will determine climate policy for the post-2015 era with binding decisions at the Paris Summit. </span>To navigate these complexities successfully, decision makers and the global media need access to the best available information, research and solutions. <span class="" style="line-height: 15pt;"> </span><span class="" style="line-height: 15pt;">Our panel of experts will focus on a </span><span class="" style="line-height: 15pt;">solutions-oriented approach for women as stewards of the environment in </span>developing countries affected by climate change<span class="" style="line-height: 15pt;">. </span></span></font> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div></span></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><div style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13px;" class=""><div class=""></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt" class=""><u class=""></u></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: ArialMT;" class=""></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><div class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font class=""><span class="" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">About the Sponsors</b>:</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font class=""><span class="" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"></span></span></font></div></div></div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>