Nov. 17—Organizers with the upcoming Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit have announced a wide-range of new, community-focused events as part of the inaugural affair aimed at bringing international leaders together in Boulder to address climate change as a human rights crisis.
As part of the summit, which is being co-hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder and United Nations Human Rights, the corresponding series, Watch Globally, Engage Locally Panel Series, was announced Wednesday and will put the global event into national and local context, according to a news release from the University of Colorado Boulder.
“These sessions give an even wider audience the ability to engage more deeply and in a localized way with the pressing global discussion around climate change and its impact on human rights,” said CU Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano in the news release. “This is a prime example of thinking globally and acting locally.”
The summit will be held Dec. 1 — 4 and will offer some in-person panels and also be live streamed.
A few of the topics included in the Watch Globally, Engage Locally Panel Series beginning Dec. 2 include discussions on the impact climate change is having on communities; the research, innovation, education and public engagement efforts needed to accelerate climate solutions; and the actions businesses and organizations are taking, and the challenges they face to support a more sustainable future.
Registration for the summit is required and can be completed at colorado.edu/globalclimatesummit/summit/think-globally-engage-locally.
