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Climate and War + Carbon Pricing: Two Weds Webinars

  • 1.  Climate and War + Carbon Pricing: Two Weds Webinars

    Posted 04-04-2017 11:22
    Colleagues, two webinar events from the Bard Center for Environmental Policy tomorrow, April 5: 

    Climate and War: The Case of Syria. NOON EST
    Dr. Colin Kelley, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security will discuss his research on how Syria's changing climate interacted with its politics, economy, and culture to influence the food and water insecurity that are helping to fuel the current conflict ravaging the nation.



    From "Price-Less" Carbon to "Price-on" Carbon  7-9 PM EST.
    With Aasif Mandvi of the Daily Show 

    Join a national screening of "Priceless", an episode from the National Geographic Series, Years of Living Dangerously.  The one-hour show, focusing on both carbon pricing and the biodiversity loss threat from climate change, will be followed by a webcast panel discussion with Q&A from the audience. 

    Panelists include: 
    • David Gelber, Executive Producer, Years of Living Dangerously
    • Aasif Mandvi, "Priceless" guide, Daily Show Correspondent 
    • Camila Thorndike, Co-Director, Put A Price On It campaign
    • Dr. Bob Litterman, Former Director of Risk Management, Goldman Sachs
    • Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director of Bard's Center for Environmental Policy (moderator)  

    EVENT SCHEDULE
    Plan to start screening the Years of Living Dangerously episode no later than 7:05 Eastern, as the webinar discussion will begin at 8:10

    TO SCREEN THE EPISODE & WEBINAR -- IMPORTANT! 
    • To attend the national webinar please log into this link. You will see a prompt asking you to enter your name and email to join as a guest. On the following screen, select the link to "Join with Browser". DO NOT select "join with Bluejeans App".  That's all you need to do! 
    We will take questions from the audience via Twitter with the hashtag #PutAPriceOnIt. 






    Eban Goodstein
    Director, Bard MBA in Sustainability &
    Director, Bard Center for Environmental Policy
    845-758-7067