Yale Climate Day - May 4th, 2018

March 15, 2018

Yale Climate Day 2018, a Campuswide Climate Summit

May 4, 2018
 
 
Breakfast and Summit, 8:30 - 12:30

Location: Yale Peabody Museum’s David Friend Hall

 

Event Speakers, 9:00 - 12:30

9:00 Karen Seto - Cities and Climate Change
9:30 Joseph Manning - Climate Change and its Impacts on the Ancient World
10:00 Nicole Deziel - Environmental Health Impacts of Hydraulic Fractucing 
10:30 Break
10:45 Bill Nordhaus - International Agreements on Climate Change
11:15 Ron Smith - The Influence of Mountains on Climate
11:45 Marianne Engelman-Lado - Climate Change and Environmental Justice

Location: Yale Peabody Museum’s David Friend Hall

Picnic Lunch, 12:30 - 14:00
Location: Cretaceous Garden (Rain Plan: ESC Room 11)
 
Faculty Working Lunch, 12:30 - 14:00
 
Register HERE
 
Location: Room 321, Kroon Hall (195 Prospect Street)
 

Poster Session and YPCCC Photography Exhibit, 14:00 - 17:30

Yale Climate Day is hosting a poster session to showcase current University research on climate change and to encourage campus networking around this theme. Find out more information here and SIGN UP by April 27th. 

Location: Yale Peabody Museum’s Great Hall of Dinosaurs

 

Closing Cocktail Reception, 16:00 - 17:00
Location: Yale Peabody Museum’s Great Hall of Dinosaurs

 
 

Support provided by:

Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale Department of Geology & Geophysics
Yale School of Public Health
 

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