American Public Works Association to Host Climate Change Symposium
April 9-10, 2008 Tempe, Arizona
Find out more and Register at http://www.apwa.net/SuperPush/index.asp?ID=99
Global climate change is increasingly affecting the earth’s climate system and the population. Certain measures, if used properly and continuously, can create a more stable climate and reduce global warming.
Join us to explore mitigation and adaptation concepts impacting today’s public works departments, highlighting how local governments can impact the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Listen to lessons learned from other public works professionals about alternate methods for protecting people and places and reducing the negative effects of climate change.
Conference Goals
Identify and prioritize adaptation measures for climate variances.
Compare various concepts and public works projects currently being implemented to mitigate climate changes.
Contrast lessons learned on the process of adaptation for small, local governments.
Present current federal legislative initiatives and the components of pending legislation.
Speakers
Dr. Jay Golden
Director of the National Center of Excellence
Assistant Professor in the School of Sustainability
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
The National Center of Excellence is a trans-disciplinary program involving working to quantify the impacts of engineered materials in urban regions and to develop a new generation of sustainable materials and renewable technologies. Dr. Golden is focused on quantifying the climatic, environmental, energy and economic impacts resulting from the transition of land use from native vegetation to engineered materials in rapidly urbanizing regions around the globe.
Dr. Peter Schultz
Director, U.S. Climate Change Science Program Office
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Schultz is responsible for the management of CCSPO’s program-wide scientific integration, planning, prioritization and assessment activities. Previously, he worked at the National Academies directing scientific studies related to global environmental variability and change and at the NOAA Climate Analysis Center on global-scale remote-sensing of vegetation.