Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Climate Change in Central Asia: Existential Threat or Chimera?

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CACI Forum

Climate Change in Central Asia: Existential Threat or Chimera?

Tuesday, 14 April 2015, from 5 to 7 PM (reception at 5 p.m., followed by main program at 5:30)

Is Central Asia's climate changing?  If so, how and why?  How much are the changes due to global factors, and how much to human causes? Finally, what are the consequences for the region's future?  Expert speakers will wrestle with these urgent questions at this forthcoming forum. 

 

  Speakers:

   Kulsum Ahmed
   Practice Manager, Europe and Central Asia Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, The World Bank 

   Amanda E. Wooden
 Associate Professor of Environmental Politics & Policy and Director of the Environmental Studies Program, Bucknell University 

   S Frederick Starr (Moderator)
   Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute/Silk Road Studies Program 

Location: 
Rome Building Auditorium
Johns Hopkins University - SAIS
1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036

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