Tuesday / June 21, 2016 / 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Paris Tales: COP21 Impacts
AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250
Last December, 146 nations from around the world gathered in Paris for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). For this historic two-day gathering, delegates were invited from all nations across an array of industries. SOM Associate Director Arathi Gowda, AIA, AICP, attended COP21 as a member of the United States delegation representing architectural design. While there, she participated in a series of development sessions with global delegates from similar industries.
Join Arathi in a presentation and discussion on how Architects, Planners, and Engineers can continue to shape this important multi-national discussion, while designing for the impacts of Climate Change.
The Sustainable Innovation Forum is an annual event organized by Climate Action and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Established in 2007 and headquartered in London, UK, Climate Action has a unique, contractual partnership with UNEP, the world’s foremost body on environmental protection and stewardship.
Climate Action establishes and builds partnerships between business, government and public bodies to accelerate international sustainable development and advance the green economy by providing a global media and events platform across which stakeholders can share knowledge, technologies and expertise, and identify innovative solutions to the challenges faced by climate change and a growing population.
The three previous COP gatherings took place in Lima, Warsaw, and Doha, and the 2016 event will take place in Marrakech in November.
