New York University
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
EARTH MONTH EVENT
CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE:
WHAT IS OUR FUTURE?
APRIL 2, 2013 6:30 P.M.
NYU-SCPS building at 7 East 12th Street, Fifth Floor
Samara Swanston
is an environmental lawyer and Legislative Counsel to the New York City
Council Committee on Environmental Protection for which she writes environmental legislation.
She teaches courses on environmental law at Pratt Institute and Hunter College.
Rae Zimmerman is Professor of Planning and Public Administration at NYU’s Robert F.
Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, the Director of Wagner’s Urban Planning Program,
and the Director of the Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems (ICIS). She is the author, most
recently, of Transport, the Environment and Security (2012).
Cynthia Rosenzweig is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space
Studies where she heads the Climate Impacts Group. She co-chaired the NYC Panel on
Climate Change and is co-editor of Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the
Urban Climate Change Research Network (2011).
Roger Platt, J.D.
is Senior Vice President, Global Policy and Law for the U.S. Green Building
Council (LEED). He is responsible for overseeing the policy aspects of the increasingly global
adoption of green building and urban development practices, including those recognized by the
LEED green building certification program.
MODERATOR: Lisa DiCaprio, Clinical Associate Professor of Social Sciences,
Paul McGhee Division, NYU-SCPS
A reception and refreshments will follow the presentation
Please RSVP to [email protected]
Subject line to read: Cities and Climate Change Panel
This event is sponsored by the NYU-SCPS Paul McGhee Division
and the Real Estate Club.