Lunch & Learn: How Climate Change is Affecting NC and What UNC is Doing About it
Presented by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Lunch & Learn series brings together Carolina researchers to share their work addressing and mitigating the impact of climate change in North Carolina. Each session will feature a distinct theme and panel of experts presenting their latest research in that area.
CLE credit is available for all these events.
- Monday, October 23: Flooding and Our Future
- Tuesday, October 24: Health and Heat
- Wednesday, October 25: Economics and Environment
- Thursday, October 26: Communities and Climate
- Friday, October 27: Climate Change and Global Health
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Sessions
Flooding and Our Future: The Impact of Flooding on Coastal Ecosystems
Monday October 23rd
Presented by: UNC Institute for the Environment & NC Collaboratory
Mike Piehler
Professor and Director, UNC Institute for the Environment; Chief Sustainability Officer and Special Assistant to the the Chancellor, Sustainability
Antonia Sebastian
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences and Environment, Ecology and Energy Program
Greg Characklis
William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering; Director, Center on Financial Risk in Environmental Systems
Flooding and Our Future Panel Emcee:
Greer Arthur
Research Director, North Carolina Collaboratory
Health and Heat: The Impact of Rising Temperatures and Environmental Exposures on Public Health
Tuesday October 24th
Presented by: UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Jason West
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC Gillings Schools of Global Public Health
Hans Paerl
Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, UNC College of Arts and Sciences; W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences
Noah Kittner
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Health and Heat Panel Emcee:
Rebecca Fry, Professor
Chair (Interim), and Carol Remmer Angle Distinguished Professor in Children’s Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Director, Institute for Environmental Health Solutions, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Economics and Environment: The Economic Impact of Climate Change
Wednesday October 25th
Presented by: Environmental Finance Center and School of Government
Ric Colacito
Professor of Finance, Kenan-Flagler Business School
Donald Hornstein
Aubrey L. Brooks Professor of Law, UNC School of Law
Siddhartha Roy
Environmental Engineer and Research Associate, UNC Water Institute
Economics and Environment Panel Emcee:
Erin Riggs
Environmental Finance Center Executive Director
Communities and Climate: Populations Impacted by Climate Change
Thursday October 26th
Presented by: Carolina Population Center
Nathan Dollar
Director, Carolina Demography
Fern Hickey
Research Associate, UNC Coastal Resilience Center
Conghe Song
Professor and Chair, Department of Geography and Environment
Communities and Climate Panel Emcee:
Karen Guzzo
Director, Carolina Population Center
Climate Change and Global Health
Friday October 27th
Presented by: UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
David van Duin
Professor of Medicine, Director of Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases, and researcher with the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
Sylvia Becker-Dreps
Professor of Family Medicine and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Director of the Office of Global Health Education, and the UNC Program in Nicaragua
William “Billy” Fischer
Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Director of Emerging Pathogens, UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
Climate Change and Global Health Panel Emcee:
Tessa Andermann
Assistant Professor, Medicine