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Replay and Live Discussion: Tackling Climate Change: Mitigation or Adaptation?

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Mar 30, 2021

7:30am

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Event recording

Join us on March 30 for a replay of the Annual Bicknell Lecture presentations. Following the recording there will be a live panel discussion and audience Q&A.

The global climate has changed profoundly over the last century and now threatens the health and wellbeing of families and communities around the world. With continued climate change we can expect to see more severe and more frequent extreme weather events such as heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, and floods. The global community must move quickly to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, but there are multiple ways to do so with no clear “one size fits all” solution. This program will ask, should future efforts focus on facilitating large scale mitigation efforts, helping communities and individuals adapt to a changing climate, or do we simply need more research? This year’s Bicknell Lecture will highlight the threats to human health posed by climate change and host a vibrant dialogue with leading experts on how to most productively move forward to address this global challenge.

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Agenda

7:40 a.m.

View recording of Bicknell Lecture Presentations

Presentations From:

Rachel Kyte Dean, Fletcher School at Tufts University @RKYTE365

Marshall Shepherd Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Georgia @DRSHEPHERD2013

Anne Simpson Managing Investment Director, Board Governance & Sustainability, CalPERS @ANNESIMPSONUSA

Madeleine Thomson Head, Our Planet, Our Health program at Wellcome Trust @MADTHOMSON

8:00 a.m.

Live Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A

Jacqueline Ashmore, Executive Director for Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and a Research Associate Professor in the Departments of Earth & Environment and of Mechanical Engineering

Patricia Fabian, Associate Professor, Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health

Patrick Kinney, Professor, Environmental Health and Beverly Brown Professor of Urban Health, Boston University School of Public Health

Greg Wellenius, Associate Professor, Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health

Speakers

Jacqueline Ashmore

Executive Director for Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and a Research Associate Professor in the Departments of Earth & Environment and of Mechanical Engineering

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Biography

Dr. Jacqueline Ashmore is the Executive Director for Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and a Research Associate Professor in the Departments of Earth & Environment and of Mechanical Engineering. She is a clean energy and sustainability expert with fifteen years of experience in technology, business, and policy spheres. Her research covers the topics of integrated water management to support sustainable and affordable water supplies, and city actions to drive equitable climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. Ashmore has spoken at national conferences on topics that include public-private partnership opportunities for the water sector and the water utility of the future with a business model focused on efficiency. Previously, Ashmore was Engineering Program Manager at the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, where she oversaw an $8MM U.S. Department of Energy funded program focused on the development and prototyping of an innovative residential solar system that can be installed quickly and safely to reduce soft costs.

Ashmore is a Board member of New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE), Browning the Green Space, and the Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC). She was awarded the American Physical Society’s Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics for her doctoral thesis.

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