Climate change panel hosted at UNCW

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — UNCW Environmental Concerns Organization (ECO) and North Carolina Climate Solutions Coalition (NCCSC) are hosting a free conference to discuss economic and environmental impacts of and solutions for climate change to our area. This national and local group of expert guest speakers will include energy sector professionals, UNCW professors, business leaders, and politicians. It is an opportunity to learn, to collaborate, and join other concerned area citizens.

Featured guest Rear Admiral Leendert “Len” Hering Sr. (U.S. Navy, retired), is a prominent military and civilian sustainability leader with a broad background in energy and environmental issues and recipient of Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management. He joins Bill McKibben, Dr. Kyle Horton, and Dr. Harvard Ayers in discussing the impending challenges southeast North Carolina faces with climate change. These experts will present and discuss the great economic strain, inevitable human health problems, and the overlying humanitarian concerns.

The goal of the forum is to communicate the importance of the Jacobson Resolution for the city of Wilmington. It supports a North Carolina goal of 100% clean energy by 2050 and the creation of green jobs. This unique plan was presented to all 50 states in the country last year by Stanford University and UC-Davis. Chatham County, near Chapel Hill, is the furthest east of the current resolution signers.

The free event will be held at UNCW Dobo Hall, Room 134, on Saturday, October 14 from 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.