Climate One Presents
Chasing Water
- When
- Tue Oct 28, 2014
- Where
- The Commonwealth Club SF
- Time
- 6 pm
- Cost
- $7 - $20
- Tags
- Literary Arts, Literary Arts Lectures, Environmental Organizations, Organizations
Description
Call it water whiplash. Climate change has contributed to droughts that have inflamed armed conflicts in Iraq, Syria and other parts of the world. At the same time, epic floods have hit England, India and Australia. In the United States, carbon pollution has amplified severe floods in the Midwest and Atlantic coast and exacerbated California’s searing drought.How can countries and communities make sense of having too little water and then suddenly too much? Is this a new normal? What can be done to preserve water security for those who have it and provide it for those who don’t? Join us for a conversation with two experts about the future of water at home and abroad.
Peter Gleick, President and Co-Founder, The Pacific Institute; Author, The World’s Water
Brian Richter, Chief Scientist of Water Markets, The Nature Conservancy; Author, Chasing Water: A Guide for Moving From Scarcity to Sustainability
Location: The Commonwealth Club, SF Club Office, 595 Market Street, Second Floor, San Francisco
Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in, 6 p.m. program, 7 p.m. networking reception and book signing
Note: The speakers and audience will be videotaped for future broadcast on the Climate One TV show on KRCB TV 22 on Comcast and DirecTV.
More Info
- Link
- http://www.climate-one.org
- Call
- 4155976700 (Box Office)
- Contact Form (account required)
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