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Climate Change Seminar
Perspectives on the Climate Change Challenge
Spring Semester 2025
Most Mondays, 2:55-4:10 p.m.
255 Olin Hall | Zoom Link
This university-wide seminar provides important views on the critical issue of climate change, drawing from many perspectives and disciplines. Experts from Cornell University and beyond present an overview of the science of climate change and climate change models, the implications for agriculture, ecosystems, and food systems, and provide important economic, ethical, and policy insights on the issue. The seminar is being organized and sponsored by the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability.
February 10: Empowering Vulnerable Communities Facing the Consequences of Climate (Action)
Michael Charles (Cornell University, Biological & Environmental Engineering)
(video)
Abstract: Climate change poses threats to all life on our planet but the consequences do not impact all communities equally. With the complexity of the technological, political, and economic systems that humankind has built around ourselves, our solutions to address climate change also redistribute risks disproportionately. In this seminar, we will dive into the trade-offs
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