Course Schedule

 

Climate Change. Challenges. Solutions

Wednesday Evenings, 6:00 to 8:00pm

January 9th through April 10th

Spring Semester 2013

West Village F, Room 20

Note: The April 17th session will be open only to Northeastern students taking the course for credit.

 

Each semester we select one graduate-level seminar and open it up to the entire campus and public-at-large to attend for free. Each week we feature prominent guest lecturers with real-world expertise and experience.

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 Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00pm | West Village F, Room 20

Host “Faculty” Moderators:

  • Matthias Ruth, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Environmental Engineering
  • Joan Fitzgerald, Interim Dean, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and author of Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development (Oxford Univ. Press)
  • Douglas Foy, President of Serrafix Corporation and formerly President of the Conservation Law Foundation

In addition to the featured lecturers listed below, additional speakers are pending confirmation.

 


 

Date

Topic

Featured Lecturers

January

9

Science & Ethics

James Anderson, Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Principal Investigator of the Anderson Research Group on the Chemistry and Physics of Climate and Earth System Change at Harvard University

Ron Sandler, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Director of the  Ethics Institute, and Research Associate in the Environmental Justice Research Collaborative; Northeastern University

16

The Governance Challenge

Sonia Hamel, An advisor to governments and foundations on energy, transportation, and climate change policy. Past director of Air Policy and Planning in the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs and special assistant in the Office for Commonwealth Development

Bill Moomaw, Professor of International Environmental Policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

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