The Inaugural Conference on Climate Research, Teaching, and Collaboration, Part I: Research and Teaching: Climate and Sustainability


Mar 14 2023 86 mins   2

This conference videos is divided into several parts. This is PART One of the conference.

Climate change is an existential threat faced by our society. This conference provides a discussion forum between CUNY and other
interdisciplinary researchers, educators, policymakers, as well
as the private sector to address climate change and also building
resilience and sustainability of the future.  



The program
starts with welcoming remarks provided by:

·        
Mindy Engle-Friedman, Professor of Psychology, Weissman School of
Arts and Sciences



·        
Lin Peng, Krell Chair Professor in Finance, Zicklin School of
Business



·        
Linda Essig, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic
Affairs



Panel One: Research and Teaching: Climate and
Sustainability, moderated by Professor Anna D’Souza, Marxe School of
Public and International Affairs (10:30 am–11:30 am) the following panelists



·        
Local Waterways and Coastal
Ecosystems

Chester Zarnoch, Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology, Weissman
School of Arts and Sciences



·        
Bringing Oysters Back to NYC:
Research, Education, and Outreach Working with the BOP

Stephen Gosnell, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Weissman School
of Arts and Sciences



·        
Food Production, Factory
Farming, Environmental Impacts

Valerie Watnick, Professor and Chair, Department of Law, Zicklin School of
Business



·        
Climate Impacts and
Environmental Justice

Shelly Eversley, Professor of English and Interim Chair, Black and Latino
Studies, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences