Global Climate Change Conference
- March 17, 2016 - March 19, 2016
- 7:00 PM - 11:30 AM CST
- Auditorium & other locations including IES & IC
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Shanna Yetman, syetman@luc.edu - Vary: $25 for Loyola Community
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Public
Open to the public. - Add to calendar
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Details
This year¿s conference *Global Climate Change: Economic Challenges and Solutions* will delve into international policy, new economics, and the climate justice and grassroots activism occurring worldwide due to climate change.
In addition to Thursday's Keynote Address with Naomi Klein, be sure to take in our concurrent panel sessions on Friday, March 18.
9:00 a.m. Plenary Talk
Mundelein Auditorium
Join us for a discussion and response to Klein's Keynote Address. This panel will include scholars from different disciplines including sociologists, ethicists, policy specialists and economists.12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. World View on Climate Justice
Mundelein Auditorium
Moderator: Hille Haker, PhD, Richard A. McCormick, S.J., Chair of Catholic Moral Theology at Loyola University Chicago
This panel will cover subjects such as the Pope's Encyclical Laudato Si' and Sacred Lands.2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Climate Action and Grassroots Activism
Mundelein Auditorium
Moderator: Fr. Michael Agliardo PhD, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Loyola University Chicago
Learn about the resistance movements emerging around the world, including what Klein refers to as Blockade.12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. International Policy
Information Commons, 4th floor
Moderator: Andreas Carlgren, Newman Institute
This panel wil cover COP21 and what's next as well as the progress of international agreements.2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. New Economics
Information Commons, 4th floor
Moderators: Nancy Landrum, PhD, Professor Institute of Environmental Sustainability and Quinlan School of Business; Ryan Anderson, Adjunct Faculty, Institute of Environmental Sustainability and Eve Geroulis, Director, MSIMC Program, Senior Lecturer, Quinlan School of Business
Learn about the new economic models emerging as a result of climate change.