More than 100 people, including Colorado Gov.听Jared Polis, turned out for a lively panel discussion on the CU 麻豆影院 campus Friday to discuss ways individuals, governments and the global community can combat climate change.
Title image: Gov. Jared Polis addresses the audience and听introduces panelists听at the Conference on World Affairs. Bottom:听Polis greets individuals after the session. Photos by Casey A. Cass/CU 麻豆影院.
The Conference on World Affairs session titled听鈥淐limate Change: A Global Challenge with Local Opportunities鈥� comes just days after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a chilling report asserting the world is not doing enough to mitigate the catastrophic effects of climate change, even though it has many of the tools to do so.
鈥淭his report is another critical reminder of the enormous cost and toll of inaction,鈥� said Polis, who introduced the panel. 鈥淭his is not just as superficial as shorter ski seasons. This is deadly, in terms of year-round fire seasons, disastrous mudslides and areas of the world where starvation is a realistic outcome.鈥�
After lauding CU 麻豆影院 for its plans to host the Right Here Right Now Global Climate Summit in December in collaboration with the United Nations, Polis called on the audience to take action now.
鈥淲e can鈥檛 treat this like it is somebody else鈥檚 problem. Yes, the U.N. needs to act, and the U.S. needs to act. But we also need to act aggressively at the local level鈥ncluding in our homes with our own practices.鈥�
