International Education Office
Zinta Konrad
Coordinator

Berg Instructional Center (IC), Room 3116
(630) 942-3079
Fax: (630) 858-1603

For more information,
e-mail
konrad@cdnet.cod.edu

International Education

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Past Programs in this Series

2005
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2004
Jan.
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April
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2003
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April
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2002
October
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March 2005 Program
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Impacts of Global Warming: Why Should We Be Concerned?
Experts in environmental science, policy and business address this complex issue.

Global warming is a concern of governments, scientists and businesses around the world. Witness the United States’ rejection of the Kyoto Protocol, the introduction of the Bush administration’s Clear Skies program, and the recent UN Climate Change Convention in Argentina. The effects of global warming are apparent: a four-inch to eight-inch rise in water levels over the past century, an increase in extreme rainfalls, and a one-degree rise in average temperature. A panel of experts in environmental science, policy and business will address the complex web of factors that influences global warming in the 21st century.

Clark Miller, assistant professor of public affairs at UW-Madison, is an expert in global environmental policy. In 2001 he published Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance. Raymond Pierrehumbert, professor of geophysical sciences, University of Chicago, specializes in the science of climate change. He serves as the director of the Climate Systems Center. Michael Walsh is a senior vice president of the Chicago Climate Exchange, which administers a voluntary greenhouse reduction and trading program for North America. He has also worked with the Chicago Board of Trade to develop exchange-based environmental markets.


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Monday, March 14, 2005
7 to 9 p.m.
Jack H. Turner Conference Center
Student Resource Center (SRC), Room 2800
College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL