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Who is Responsible for Climate Change? Implications for United Nations Talks, Shareholders, and Liability.

Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104 435 West 116th Street, New York, NY, United States

The question of responsibility for climate change lies at the heart of societal debate over actions to address it. This symposium explores the conceptual territory of climate responsibility, and scientific, legal, ethical and policy bases for assigning responsibility to countries and to other entities - from individuals to emitting industries to the fossil fuel companies at the base of the carbon supply chain whose responsibilities are now being actively debated in shareholder resolutions and calls for institutional divestment.

Free

Waste Not 6: Cyclifiers

Glass Corner, Parsons East Building, Room E206 25 East 13th Street, New York, NY, United States

In this talk, Jan Jongert presents Superuse Studios, developing from a design office using waste flows into a multidisciplinary creative studio exploring the circular economy. He shows how realizing small scale design, buildings, start-ups, collaborative networks, urban plans, and digital tools contribute to the development of a new resource-based design practice.

Free

Night Sky: The Moon and Taurid Meteor Shower

Inwood Hill Park 350 Dyckman St, , Manhattan, NY, United States

Our Urban Park Rangers will be your guides to the solar system, discussing the science, history, and folklore of the universe. The Taurid Meteor Shower produces 5-10 meteors per hour. In between, we will use telescopes to explore the night sky.

Free

What to Expect on the Road to Paris

New York University School of Law 40 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United States

Please join the Guarini Center for a discussion of outcomes of the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11).

Free

Judith Gura & Kate Wood Book Talk, Interior Landmarks: Treasures of New York

Skyscraper Museum 39 Battery Place, New York, NY, United States

Authors Judith Gura and Kate Wood focus on 47 colorful examples of the city's current 117 interior landmarks. From the infamous Tweed Courthouse, centerpiece of the largest corruption case in New York history, to the glamorous Art Deco Rainbow Room, to the modernist Ford Foundation Building, whose garden-filled atrium prefigures green design, Gura and Wood examine the original construction and style, exceptional design features, materials, and architectural details, as well as the challenges to preserving these landmark interiors.

Free

Fall Foliage Hike: Cass Gallagher Trail

Van Cortlandt Park Parade Ground North, Bronx, NY, United States

With nearly 30,000 acres of public parkland, New York City is the perfect place for fall leaf-peeping. Let our Urban Park Ranger naturalists explain why leaves change colors and introduce you to the diversity of trees found in our urban forests.

Free

Your City, Your Voice: Activist Training

Transportation Alternatives Office 111 John Street, Suite 260, New York, NY, United States

On November 14th, join Transportation Alternatives and activists from organizations across New York City to hone your skills, meet a great group of visionaries and get hands-on practice in building local power and effecting change … in the fields of food justice, education, housing and any other issue that affects New York City.

Free

Made in the Bronx: Green Buildings, Green Jobs

Smith Auditorium, Manhattan College 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Bronx, NY, United States

This community forum and discussion about "greening" Bronx residential buildings while creating a green local workforce and fighting for global climate justice is co-hosted by Bronx Climate Justice North and Manhattan College Center for Urban Resilience and Environmental Sustainability (CURES).

Free

Climate Countdown – Film Screening & Panel Discussion

Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium

Join us for the first screening event of the Climate Countdown webseries at Columbia University. The event will showcase episodes from the series, as well as two seperate expert panel discussions on the webseries and climate media at large.

Free

Growing the Urban Farm at New York Botanical Gardens

Ross Hall at New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY, United States

Urban agriculture is growing rapidly in cities across America. Vacant lots, abandoned green spaces, and urban rooftops are being transformed into productive farms that provide fresh produce and opportunities for healthy activity, income, and many other benefits for urban families.

$20

Global Cities at the Crossroads

Studio 450 450 West 31st Street, New York, NY, United States

A symposium exploring the impacts of arts and culture investments by the corporate real estate sector.

Free

Climate Change, Cities and Youth Engagement

Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang College, b500 65 West 11th Street, New York, NY, United States

Join us as we examine the role of urban young people in promoting policy action on climate change. During this interactive event we will discuss how children and youth can and are providing solutions for greater resilience in the urban environment as well as fostering social inclusion.

Free