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EVENT DETAIL
Global Warming: The Animal Connection
Saturday, September 29, 2007 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Event has expired. Registration for this event is no longer available.
The annual conference on animals and the law will discuss causes, effects and solutions of global warming.
CAUSES: Greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet at an alarming rate. Research by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has determined that livestock generate more greenhouse gases
than all forms of transportation combined. This percentage will only increase as demand for a meat-based diet increases in China and India.
EFFECTS: Biologists estimate that we may lose up to 50% of animal species by the middle of the century if steps are not taken soon to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
SOLUTIONS: There are many creative solutions to slow down or stop global warming. Many of these solutions will require changes in the way we live and do business and many will require the involvement of lawyers.
Moderator:
FRANCES CARLISLE
Law Office of Frances Carlisle
MARIANN SULLIVAN
Deputy Chief Court Attorney, Appellate Division, First Department
Speakers:
MOISHA K. BLECHMAN
Co-Chair, Global Warming Committee, Atlantic Chapter, Sierra Club
GIDON ESHEL, Ph.D.
Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing, Bard College at Simon’s Rock
MICHAEL B. GERRARD
Arnold & Porter LLP
MICHAEL W. KLEMENS, Ph.D.
Senior Conservationist & Founding Director, Metropolitan Conservation Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society
GOWRI KONESWARAN
Program Manager, Farm Animal Welfare, HSUS
JASON MATHENY
Director, New Harvest
BRYAN G. NORTON, Ph.D.
School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
CYNTHIA ROSENZWEIG, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
MICHAEL SCOTT
Managing Director, ENVIRON - Carbon Ventures
Registration is required. The fee is $15 for New York City Bar members/students/seniors; $25 for the general public. Please register.
Funding provided by a grant from Animal Welfare Trust, Inc.
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