FACTS Public Panel: Tackling Climate Change and the Just Transition to Renewable Energy – SOLD OUT
July 27, 2023
2:30 pm – 9:00 pm
at UBC Robson Square (map)
SOLD OUT
About the Event
This two-part event is part of a series of French-Ameri-Can Climate Panels (FACTS) on climate change that have been held throughout North America in the past decade. Jointly sponsored by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) and the French Embassy of Canada, this panel features a diverse group of eminent Canadian and French leaders representing climate science, renewable energy, economics, public policy, and Indigenous affairs.
The event is organized in two sessions. Topics may vary per session and participants can choose to attend either session or both. There is limited seating for both sessions so please be sure to RSVP.
Session 1 –Special session with talks on climate change by our panelists
- 2:30pm: Arrivals and session introduction
- 4:00pm: Session break
- 5:30pm: Conclusion, refreshments
Session 2 – Public panel discussion
- 5:30pm: Arrivals, networking and refreshments.
- 6:15pm: Panel Discussion with Q and A.
- 8:15pm: Concluding remarks, refreshments and meet with panelists.
Moderator
Laura Lynch: CBC journalist, host of the weekly radio show “What on Earth”.
Panelists
René Aïd: Professor (Economics) Université Paris-Dauphine, former Deputy-Director of EDF Research Energy Finance
Gael Giraud: Founder, Director and Professor, Georgetown University Environmental Justice Program; former chief economist of the French Development agency CNRS
Seth Klein: Public policy researcher, author, and Team Lead with the Climate Emergency Unit.
Judith Sayers: President of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, lawyer, renewable energy leader, chancellor of Vancouver Island University
Andrew Weaver: Professor (Climate science) University of Victoria, IPCC lead author, former BC MLA and leader of BC Green Party.
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