At the Tufts Veterinary School!
Updated 1/29/08

Join the Tufts Veterinary students, faculty and staff on January 31st as they take a closer look at the impacts of climate change in the northeast and what individuals, an institution and a state can do to change the current trends of global warming!

January 31st, 2008

Lisa Delissio, Associate Professor of biology at Salem State and a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists, will present the most recent findings from the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment.
12-1:00 PM - Loew A&B - FREE LUNCH!

"The 2% Solution" webcast: To hold global warming to the low end of 3-4 degrees F will require cuts in global warming pollution in the developed countries by more than 80% below current levels by 2050. Put another way, we need to cut roughly 2% of current emission levels a year for the next forty years. The webcast will revolve around the question: can we as a nation get on to this path, and cut global warming pollution 2% a year for the next decade? If so, what would it take?
5:30 - 6:30 PM - Varis Lecture Hall -FREE DINNER!

Panel discussion focused on what is happening around Massachusetts to decrease the rate of climate change. This will include state programs and legislature as well as current projects at Tufts Medford campus as Tufts continues to follow the Kyoto protocol. The Panel will include:

• Dr. Mark Pokras- discussing changes in human and animal health
• Dr. Gretchen Kaufman - discussing current Tufts projects including 'green' solutions for the campus setting
• Will Space- representative from the Mass Dept of Environmental Protection, discussing current state programs controlling emissions and other pollutants
• and others TBA!!

Stay tuned for more details, but we would like to urge everyone to spend some time and thought on January 31st with the 1600 other institutions nationwide, as we assess how to make a change for the better!! We hope you will join us!

Many thanks to our sponsors: Purina, Tufts Institute for the Environment and Office of Sustainability and the VGS club.

Questions?
email: katie.hancock@tufts.edu