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  • Monday, November 4, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm – Road to Paris via Warsaw

    The Fletcher School of Tufts University will hold a panel discussion on key issues in the lead up to the Warsaw Climate Change Conference.  The event will take place Monday, November 4, from 12:30 – 1:45 in Mugar 200 at The Fletcher School, and is hosted by CIERP’s Energy, Climate and Innovation Program.  The panel includes Kelly Sims Gallagher, chair, Director and Associatie Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at The Fletcher School. Sivan Kartha, Senior Scientist at Stockholm Environment Institute, Gilbert Metcalf, Professor of Economics at Tufts University, and Mukul Sanwal, Visiting Scholar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and former Advisor to the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC.  A light lunch will be served. For more information visit http://fletcher.tufts.edu/CIERP/Events.

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  • Thursday, February 14, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Extreme Weather and a Changing Climate: Past, Present and Future

    Andrew Freedman, Senior Science Writer for Climate Central, will speak at The Fletcher School, Tufts University in Medford on Thursday, February 14, from 5:30 – 7, in Cabot 703.  His topic is Extreme Weather and a Changing Climate: Past, Present and Future. The talk is free and no registration is required. The event is sponsored by The Center for International Environment & Resource Policy.

  • Friday, January 25, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Reversing Global Warming While Meeting Human Needs: An Urgently Needed Land-Based Option

    Allan Savory, rancher and restoration ecologist, Founder of the Savory Institute and originator of the Holistic Management approach to restoring grasslands, winner of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award, and finalist in the Virgin Earth Challenge, will speak on Friday, January 25 from 2 – 4 at the ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, 160 Packard Avenue in Medford, on Reversing Global Warming While Meeting Human Needs: An Urgently Needed Land-Based Option.  A reception will follow.  This is the first in a series of Creating the Future We Want events. Image from www.livinggreenmag.com. Free, but registration required at http://allansavory.eventbrite.com/#.