Climate Change Adaptation
Saturday, June 15th
Strathcona Community League – 10139 87 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 2P3
Also available through Zoom.
Starting at 10:30 a.m (doors open at 10 a.m.)
This event is open to the public and FREE.
Climate Change Adaptation - A Panel Discussion Open to the Public
Bring Together Diverse Perspectives on Climate Change
This event is organized by the Edmonton Baha’i Community, with the support of the Strathcona Community League and its Green Committee
The public forum will begin with a virtual keynote delivered from Switzerland by Dr. Arthur Dahl.
Keynote Speaker – Arthur Lyon Dahl
Arthur Dahl is President of the International Environmental Forum and a retired Deputy Assistant Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
He has been and continues to be a consultant to the World Economic Forum, World Bank, Climate Governance Commission and other international organizations as well as Visiting Professor to universities in the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe.
From 2000 to 2002 he was Director of the Coral Reef Unit, Division of Environmental Conventions, at the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva, and from 1992 to 2000, Coordinator of the System-wide Earthwatch of the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva.
Arthur Dahl’s consultancies have covered indicators of sustainability, environmental assessment and observing strategies, coral reefs, biodiversity, islands, environmental education, and social and economic development.
He is interested in the relationship between science and values, ecology, ethics and spirituality. His full profile can be accessed at https://yabaha.net/dahl/prof_e.htm.
The panel, facilitated by Dr Darren Hedley, will then bring together the following experts in their fields:
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Tamara Pearl
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Heather Wheeliker
Program Manager, City of Edmonton
Juan Vargas Alba
Prairie Organizer, Climate Emergency Unit
Dr. Darren Hedley
Facilitator
Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary
Strathcona Community League
Saturday, June 15th
10139 87 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 2P3
Starting at 10:30 a.m. (doors open at 10 a.m.)
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