Lowell Lecture
Great Decisions Series | Cities and Climate Change: Boston at the Paris Climate Conference
Date & Time
Feb. 24, 2016 at 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location
Suffolk University Law School, Room 295
120 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02108
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Austin Blackmon Chief of Environment and Energy, City of Boston
Presenting Organization
Topics
Current Affairs Politics Science
Contact
Michael Pizziferri (mpizziferri@worldboston.org, 617-542-8995)
In the past few years, the American public has become more aware of the damage wrought by climate change. From droughts in the west to extreme weather in the east, a rapidly changing climate has already made its footprint in the United States. Last year’s extreme winter is a reminder that Massachusetts will not escape unscathed from this global phenomenon. Cities around the world are responding as best they can to these changes, even as a global strategy to deal with climate change remains elusive.
Join Austin Blackmon, the City of Boston’s Chief for the Environment and Energy for a discussion on the role of cities in combating climate change. Blackmon recently represented Boston at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21), where the city received a prestigious C40 award for “Smart Cities and Smart Community Engagement,” beating out Melbourne, Australia and New York City.
Learn about how the City of Boston has become a global leader in the municipal level fight against climate change and what must be done to stymie this environmental crisis.