Town Hall – The Climate Crisis: Local and Urban Solutions to a Global Challenge

YANA & Yale Blue Green present

The Climate Crisis: Local and Urban Solutions to a Global Challenge

Aug 28 | 6:30pm ET – In-Person (Yale Club of NYC) & via Zoom

Cities currently hold over 50% of the global population, a number projected to rise to 70% by 2050. Two environmental experts discuss the importance of local and urban solutions to climate change.

Peter Boyd is a lecturer at Yale SOM and School of the Environment, as well as a member of the UN’s Race to Zero campaign, the world’s largest coalition of non-state actors taking immediate action to halve global emissions by 2030.

Sarah Charlop-Powers ’09 MEM is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Natural Areas Conservancy, a nonprofit dedicated to managing New York City’s 20,000 acres of forests and wetlands.

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