Sentences with phrase «global environmental change began»

Johanna's interest in global environmental change began as an intern and later consultant with the UNFCCC secretariat (Bonn, Germany).

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«The Beginning of a New Era» stages artworks that investigate the concept of global village and the acceleration of our history, environmental changes and the invasion of technology in individual and social life.

More on Environmental Justice: Report: Global Warming Disproportionately Affects African Americans, Low - Income Communities Climate Justice Fast Begins - Hunger Strike Continues Through End of COP15 Conference We Must Engage the Ethical Dimension of Combatting Climate Change, Religious & Civil Society Groups Urge

At precisely the moment these executives were scheduled to unveil their American Energy Innovation Council report, the Senate was to begin debating a resolution from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R - Alaska, to block the Environmental Protection Agency's plans to regulate the carbon dioxide emissions linked to global climate change.

Past Speakers Oct 2 - Columbia Professor Todd Gitlin on Fossil Fuel Divestment Oct 3 - Massimo LoBuglio, Environmentalist and Social Entrepreneur Oct 4 - Dr. Radley Horton, Columbia University and co-author of the Obama Administration's Climate Assessment Report Oct 5 - Dr. Jennifer Francis, Rutgers, author of the cutting - edge theory of Arctic Ice Melt and Extreme Weather Oct 9 - Opening Night with climate prophet Dr. James Hansen, NASA scientist, who told Congress in 1988 that global warming had begun Oct 10 — Prof. Andrew Revkin, Pace, plays Climate Music post-show Oct 11 - David Levine - Co-founder and CEO of American Sustainable Business Council Oct 12 - Jaimie Cloud & Griffin Cloud Levine - Teaching Children and Youths Sustainability Oct 16 - Prof. Gerald Markowitz, John Jay College, on industry's relationship to science Oct 17 - Marielle Anzelone, Urban ecologist Oct 18 - Dr. Jannette Barth, Why Not To Frack Oct 19 - Ken Levenson, The Passive House Oct 23 - Prof. Ana Baptista, New School for Social Research, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Oct 24 - Charles Komanoff, Carbon Tax Center, on the need to tax carbon Oct 25 - Prof. Dale Jamieson, NYU, Reason in A Dark Time Oct 26 - Eve Silber and Closing Reception in honor of Father Paul Mayer

Singer, a leading scientific skeptic of anthropocentric global warming (AGW), is an atmospheric physicist, and founder of the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), an organization that began challenging the published findings of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the 1990s.

As science begins to understand more clearly how global warming creates local environmental effects, so we may begin to see the growth of direct climate change litigation.