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margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><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 class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><i class=""><font color="#993300" class=""> </font>……………………………………………………………………………</i></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><font size="4" face="Calibri" class=""><b class="">Host</b></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><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 class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><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 class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class=""><span class=""><font class=""><b class="">RSVP</b></font></span></span><font color="navy" class="">: <a href="mailto:events@sustainabilitypractice.net" title="mailto:events@sustainabilitypractice.net" target="_blank" class="" style="color: purple;">events@sustainabilitypractice.net</a> - Join us tomorrow</font></font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><p class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><font class=""><span class=""><span class=""><b class="">Date:</b></span> <u class=""></u></span></font><span class="">October 29, 2015</span></span></font></p><p class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><font class="" face="Calibri"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class=""><b class="">Time:</b></span> 6:00 – 8:00pm <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><font class=""><span class=""><b class="">Venue:</b></span><span class=""> </span></font><span class="">Center for Global Affairs, </span><span class="">NYU School of Professional Studies</span><span class=""> - </span><span class="">Woolworth Building, 15 Barclay Street, 4th floor, New York</span></span></font></div><div class=""><font class="" face="Calibri"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font class=""><span class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font class="" face="Calibri"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class=""><b class="">Moderator</b></span><span class=""><b class="">:</b> Chloe Demrovsky, Adjunct Instructor, Center for Global Affairs</span></span></font></div></span></font></div><div class=""><font class="" face="Calibri"><span class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><font class=""><span class=""><span class=""><b class="">Panelists</b></span><font class=""><b class="">:</b> Adela Gondek, Professor of Ethics, Earth Institute, Columbia University; Bridget Burns, Advocacy and Communications </font>Director, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO); </span></font><span class="">Jazmin Burgess, Climate Change Policy Analyst, UNDC; </span></span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><font class=""><span class=""><font class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Susanna Wolf, Senior Programme Officer, Deputy to the Chief of Subprogramme 1, </span></font><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"> Office of the High Representative for the UN </span></span></font><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);">Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States - </span></font><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">UN-OHRLLS;</span></div><div class=""><font class="" face="Calibri"><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=""><span class=""><b class="">Panel Description</b></span></span></span><font class=""><b class="">:</b> 'Impacts of Climate Change on Women in Developing Countries’</font></span></font></div><div class=""><font class="" face="Calibri"><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 class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class=""><div class=""></div></div></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><u class=""></u></span></font></div></div></div><div class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class=""><div class="" style="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;"><span class="">About the Sponsors</span>:</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; 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></div></div></div></div></body></html>