Global Climate Change Conference

  • March 17, 2016 - March 19, 2016
  • 7:00 PM - 11:30 AM CST
  • Auditorium & other locations including IES & IC
  • Shanna Yetman, syetman@luc.edu
  • Vary: $25 for Loyola Community
  • Public
    Open to the public.
  • http://www.luc.edu/sustainability/initiatives/climatechange/2016conference/
    (This link will serve as the primary page for the event)
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    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.