Pace Law School to Host Westchester Climate Change Conference

The following announcement is from Pace University Law School’s Center for Environmental Legal Studies and Federated Conservationists of Westchester County:

On Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 Pace University Law School’s Center for Environmental Legal Studies and Federated Conservationists of Westchester County (FCWC) will present a daylong conference on the impacts of climate change in Westchester. The conference will be co-sponsored by Sustainable Westchester.

Experts, including keynote speakers Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig (NASA Goddard Space Center) and Professor Michael Gerrard (Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School), will discuss the formidable threats of climate change to the County and outline solutions and strategies available to municipalities to address these threats.

Specifics of climate change that will be discussed include coastal resiliency (Mark Lowery, Climate Policy Analyst, Office of Climate Change NYSDEC); regional examples of solution/strategies (Nina Orville, Ex. Dir. of SWEAC); A Climate Showcase Community, (Gray Russell, Sustainability Director of Montclair, NJ); Microgrids (Tom Bourgeois, Deputy Director, the Energy and Climate Change Center, Pace Law School); Climate Smart Communities in NYS ( Prof. John Nolon, Counsel to Pace’s Land Use Law Center; NYS Climate Change Plan (Representative from Governor Cuomo’s office); and ways to achieve more energy independence (Prof. Karl Rabago, Director of the Energy and Climate Change Center at Pace Law School).

This is a MUST ATTEND for local officials as well as for members of the public. The conference will be held at the New York State Judicial Institute on the Pace Law School campus in White Plains. Registration will be limited. For information please call FCWC at914-422-4053 or emailfcwc@fcwc.org. To register for the event:http://www.eventbrite.com/e/westchester-climate-change-summit-tickets-11887444667.