Meeting

Adapting to Climate Change

Monday, November 25, 2019

REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Speakers

Carolyn Kissane

Academic Director and Clinical Professor, NYU Center for Global Affairs

Evan S. Michelson

Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Presider

Damian M. Bednarz

Director, Kivvit

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