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2 December

9 - 10:30 AM

Fossil fuel divestment at Universities.

Do you want to learn more about university fossil fuel divestment? Connect and share tools to strengthen the divestment movement internationally.

University campaign organizers: Colin Rosadino, Elise Rosky, Gabriel Ahrendt, Isabelle Zhu-Maguire.

Professor of Energy Policy: Dr. Roman Sidortsov.

University administrators: Dr. Diane Husic, Prof. Richard Beardsworth.

Emma Loizeaux; Nyasha Milanzi

6 December

4:00 - 5:30 PM

How can researchers shape critical climate policies? Despite the critical role of scientific research in addressing specific climate challenges, the interface between research and policy-making is difficult to delineate.

Panelists: Shikha Bhasin, RINGO Steering Committee; Bradley Colman, President of the American Meteorological Society; Andriannah Mbandi, South Eastern Kenya University; Mariana Rocha De Souza, International Coral Reef Society; Ana Spalding, Smithsonian Institute; Raina Taitingfong, Pacific Islands Refuges;

Elise Rosky; Nick Zhang

8 December

1:00 - 1:50 PM

Experiential Climate Education: The role of student and youth-led organizations.

Experiential Climate Education is essential for equipping young people with knowledge on climate-related issues and building their capacity to become agents of change.

Karina Weinstein, Program Strategy and Innovation Director for FXB International USA; Nakeeyat Dramani Sam, CVF ambassador; Sharuya Patel, Researcher, Global Centre for Environment and Energy; Mudasir Yatoo PhD, UK Universities Climate Network; Jerry Huang, Harvard University and Founder and CEO of CarbonSense and Giacomo Di Capua, Postgraduate Researcher in Climate Health Economics & ESD Practitioner.

Mercedes Asamani,

Wandipa Mualefhe

10 December

1:00 - 2:30 PM

Perspectives on the Role of Universities in the UNFCCC.

Perspectives from communities inside and outside of academia come together to envision the contribution of universities to UNFCCC activities.

Panelists: Alexis McGivern, Oxford Net Zero; Yiqing Yan Student Energy; Olumide Idowu, Climate Change Development Initiative; Dr. Kimberly Marion Suiseeya, Northwestern University; Dr. Jessica O’Reilly, Indiana University Bloomington; Prof. Richard Beardsworth, University of Leeds.

Caitlyn Sutherlin; Angela Liang