Alan Betts: Climate Crisis Facing Uncertainties Online

Past event
Apr 28, 2020, 6:30 to 8 PM

Online event hosted by Kellogg-Hubbard Library and www.350VT.org

This event will be shared on Zoom. Please Register at https://forms.gle/peAi3s8VZ8MTCMJC9
and a link to the Zoom event will be emailed to you.

Alan Betts of Atmospheric Research will discuss the uncertainties in what will happen to our global climate and whether we will show the collective imagination, vision, and resistance to create a sustainable future. After the event a recording will be made available.

Dr. Alan Betts of Atmospheric Research in Pittsford is Vermont's leading climate scientist. He is a frequent speaker on climate change issues around the state and has worked on climate change adaptation planning for Vermont. He is a Weekly Planet columnist for the Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus. You can hear and see his radio and TV appearances on his website, alanbetts.com.

He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society (AMS), Royal Meteorological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a past-president of the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering (VASE). He has authored more than 175 reviewed papers in the scientific literature. In 2016, Alan Betts was the first recipient of the Bert Bolin Global Environmental Change Award from the American Geophysical Union.

Thank you to sponsors: Hunger Mountain Co-op, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Unitarian Church of Montpelier, Montpelier High School, Center for Sustainable Systems, Sustainable Montpelier Coalition, and North Branch Nature Center.

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