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The NYU School of Global Public Health and NYU Shanghai present the inaugural NYU Distinguished Lecture on US-China Cooperation on Climate and Health
Bill McKibben is the founder of 350.org, the first global grassroots climate campaign, as well as Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate and justice. His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has appeared in 24 languages. He is the author of 20 books, including Falter and The Flag, The Cross, and the Station Wagon, and his work appears regularly in periodicals from The New Yorker to Rolling Stone. He serves as the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College and as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he has won the Gandhi Peace Prize as well as honorary degrees from 20 colleges and universities. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes called the alternative Nobel, in the Swedish Parliament. Foreign Policy named him to its inaugural list of the world’s 100 most important global thinkers.
5:30-6:00 p.m.
Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Moderated Conversation and Q&A
Co-Sponsored by NYU's Office of Sustainability. In celebration of Earth Day and part of NYU's Earth Month.
About the NYU Distinguished Lecture on US-China Cooperation on Climate and Health
The NYU Distinguished Lecture on US-China Cooperation on Climate and Health was created to further global action on climate change and lessen its impact on global health. The annual lecture series is supported by The Green Court Foundation, established by Green Court Capital Management. It is hosted by NYU GPH in New York and NYU Shanghai, alternating between the two cities over the next five years.