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The Earth Institute’s Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES),the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) invite you to a high level scientific discussion on the side of the United Nations Climate Summit. Speakers include:

Eduardo Brondizio, Professor, Department of Anthropology; Adjunct Professor, Environmental Sciences (SPEA) and Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington;  Co-director, Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change (ACT); Chair, Advisory Council, Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University, Bloomington

Lisa Goddard, Director, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), The Earth Institute, Columbia University

John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Co-Chair, Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

Pushpam Kumar, Professor, Environmental Economics, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool; Chief, Ecosystem Services Economics Unit, Division of Environment Programme Implementation, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Dan Nepstad, Senior Scientist and Executive Director, Earth Innovation Institute; Member, World Bank Forest Program External Advisory Group; Lead Author, Fifth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Carlos Nobre, National Secretary, R&D Policies, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil; Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the UN Secretary-General; Member,  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Cheryl Palm, Senior Research Scientist and Director of Research; Deputy Director of Vital Signs Africa, Agriculture and Food Security Center, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

This event is free of charge and open to the general public. Seating is limited and is first-come, first-served. Registration is required.

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the Earth Institute’s Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES) and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) issued a challenge to six thought leaders on climate to foster new thinking for lasting change. This challenge is a timely one, as it comes when regulators, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and members of civil society are calling for informed assessments and discussion of the state of forests, climate and society. Leaders in the field will present their responses in a special high-level scientific discussion titled Colloquium on Forests and Climate: New Thinking for Transformational Change.”

For more information, visit the event website: http://www.cifor.org/colloquium-on-forests-and-climate/