This is a great week in New York for those who want to start to see some movement in the quest to address climate change and global warming. Former President Bill Clinton's annual weekly symposium on global initiatives is focusing on climate change this year, and some great conversations are happening. Visions of very low emissions in public transit friendly cities of the future are being shared as well as President Obama declaring that climate change is a "solvable" problem. He could have spent more time talking about how to solve the problem, but at least we now have a President who believes in climate change.
It is also officially climate week in New York City. For the whole week, many different seminars are being held on topics ranging from how to deal and prepare for the changes global warming to becoming a "greener" consumer. This fairly new annual conference has become a globally used resource to disseminate new ideas and correct knowledge to the movers and shakers of public policy, as well as helping the general public learn about what is going on with the climate and what can be done about it. New York City is so fortunate to have a mayor who realizes the dangers of climate change and what we as humans can do to minimize the impact and try and reverse the damage we've done thus far.
Part of climate week, a two day seminar, involving international experts, will be held at The New School Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. It is entitled The Bottom Line on Climate Change: Transitioning to Renewable Energy. It is free and anyone in the NYC area who is interested should register and attend. These are the sort of things that should be happening all the time. My only hope is that these conferences and summits will actually bring about positive change. It is one thing to talk and come up with ideas, it is another to actually implement them and start effecting change. This is a step in the right direction.
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