Climate Action Planning - Looking Beyond Carbon Neutrality and Resilience
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This talk on Wednesday Oct. 15th at 6:00pm CST will summarize what a Climate Action Plan (CAP) is, what they most often do/cover and how the best developed CAPs are successful, but will then go beyond the traditional aspects of climate planning to talk about some aspects that are often left out such as development of municipal infrastructure and the means of financing these aspects of city functioning.
Dr. Adrienne Greve is a Professor in the City & Regional Planning Department at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo, CA. Her research focuses on climate change and the planning response to it from greenhouse gas reduction to climate adaptation and climate-exacerbated hazards planning. Dr. Greve holds a PhD in Urban Design and Planning from the University of Washington, a master's degree in Bioresource Engineering from Colorado State University. She served as a Visiting Research Professor at the Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems at Kyoto University in 2013 & 2014. She has conducted research domestically, as well as in Japan (Tohoku Coast), China, sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, and India.
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Dr. Adrienne Greve is a Professor at California Polytechnic State Univ. focusing on research on climate change & the planning response, from greenhouse gas reduction to climate adaptation & climate-exacerbated hazards planning. Dr. Greve holds a PhD in Urban Design & Planning from the Univ. of Washington, a master's in Bioresource Engineering from Colorado State. She has conducted research domestically, as well as in Japan (Tohoku Coast), China, sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, & India.