BFA Climate Committee Panel at Conference on World Affairs
Members of the BFA Climate, Science, and Education Committee (CSEC) have arranged a panel discussion at the 2022 Conference on World Affairs. The panel titled: Climate Change: A Global Challenge with Local Opportunities will take place on Friday, April 8 from 10:30 to 11:40 a.m. in UMC 235.
The panel focus will be to discuss climate action on a local level and how more of our community can play a role in developing and implementing those solutions. Or as R. Buckminster Fuller said, "Think globally, act locally." Panelists will be discussing how members of the CU campus and the broader Boulder Valley community are taking action to mitigate the consequences of climate change as well as build resilience against climate related disasters.
Panelists include:
Moderator: - Executive Director, Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy & the Environment, CU Law
- Max Boykoff - Chair - Environmental Sciences Department
- Michael Jacobs - CUSG Environmental Board
- - Sustainability Director Boulder County
- Heidi Vangenderen - CU Chief Sustainability Officer
To watch a recording of this Climate Change panel event, please follow these steps:
1) Watch the 5 minute video of the Dec. 2021 Marshall Fire using this link:
2) Watch the Climate panel discussion at this link and note that the audio does not start until after 54seconds have elapsed:
3) Fast forward when the Marshall Fire video comes on between 17:00 and 21:50 minutes.