The 2019 Global Climate Change Summit will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, in the ballrooms of the Joe Crowley Student Union at the Ìϲ©ÌåÓý. The Summit will bring together climate science experts as well as public and private leaders from across the state. The group will discuss how climate change is impacting Ìϲ©ÌåÓý and how business and organizations are responding to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
There will be four featured panels as part of the event: Climate Change in Ìϲ©ÌåÓý; Public Sector Responses to Climate Change; State-level Climate Change Policy and Private Sector Responses to Climate Change. Experts presenting include Ìϲ©ÌåÓý State Senator Ben Kieckhefer, Kristen Averyt, research professor with the University of Ìϲ©ÌåÓý, Las Vegas; David Bobzien, director of the governor’s office of energy and Adam Kramer, executive vice president of strategy for Switch. Ìϲ©ÌåÓý faculty will also present including College of Business Dean Greg Mosier; Lyndsey Darrow, associate professor in the School of Community Health Sciences; Heidi Kratsch, Northern Ìϲ©ÌåÓý horticulture specialist and associate professor and Steph McAfee, assistant professor of geography and deputy state climatologist for Ìϲ©ÌåÓý.
The event is open to the public with an emphasis on elected and appointed officials, government officials and community leader attendees. Registration is $75 per person or $15 for any currently enrolled student in the Ìϲ©ÌåÓý System of Higher Education. Online registration is available at business.unr.edu/GCCSummit2019.
For more information, please contact Frederick Steinmann, College of Business assistant research professor, 775-784-1655 or fred@unr.edu.
