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SUMMARY:Law and Governance Meet Climate Adaptation
DESCRIPTION:Adapting legal and governance systems to address dramatic changes in climate trends pose significant challenges. The focus of this Climate Adaptation Forum is on the development of new rules\, regulations\, institutions\, and forms of governance needed to respond to our changing climate. \nThis Forum will: \n\nProvide examples of developing the political will to enact change;\nDiscuss impediments from existing regulatory programs designed to protect the existing conditions;\nPresent the findings of the Governance and Climate Adaptation Report prepared by UMass Boston Sustainable Solutions Lab on governance;\nAnd report on Resilient Rhody\, the 2018 the Statewide Climate Resilience Action Strategy developed for the State of Rhode Island.\n\nAs with past Forums\, there will be sufficient of time for audience engagement during the moderated discussion with the speakers. \nForum Chair\nRalph Child\, Member\, Mintz\, Levin\, Cohn\, Ferris\, Glovsky and Popeo\, P.C. \n \nKeynote Speaker\nAchieving Legislative Change \nRepresentative Kristin Diane Jacobs\nFlorida House of Representatives \nSpeaker Agenda\nGovernance and Climate Adaptation: Updating Policies and Governing Institutions in the Face of Climate Change \nDavid W. Cash\, Ph.D.\, Dean\nJohn W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies\nUniversity of Massachusetts Boston \nResilient Rhody: Rhode Island’s First Comprehensive Climate Preparedness Strategy \nJanet Coit\, Director\nDepartment of Environmental Management\nState of Rhode Island \nResilient Cambridge – Legal and Governance Challenges \nIram Farooq\, AICP\, LEED-AP\, Assistant City Manager for Community Development\nCity of Cambridge\, MA \nAdapting Regulations for the Rising Tide \nBarbara Kessner Landau\, Counsel\nNoble\, Wickersham & Heart LLP \nModerated Panel Discussion with Audience Q & A \nModerator: Ralph Child\, Forum Organizer; Member\, Mintz\, Levin\, Cohn\, Ferris\, Glovsky and Popeo\, P.C. \nPanel Members: \n\nRepresentative Kristin Jacobs\, Florida House of Representatives\nJanet Coit\, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management\nIram Farooq\, City of Cambridge\nStephanie Kruel\, VHB
URL:https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/law-and-governance-meets-climate-adaptation/
LOCATION:UMass Club\, 32nd Floor\, 1 Beacon St\, Boston\, MA\, 02108
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