The Center for Public Scholarship (http://www.newschool.edu/cps) is pleased to present the 31st Social Research conference, "Climate Change Demands We Change. Why Aren't We?," at The New School (http://www.newschool.edu) in New York City.

Session 5 - Q&A: Difficult Choices

Speakers: Joel Towers, Executive Dean and Associate Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design, Parsons The New School for Design; Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, Affiliated Professor of Law, Director of Environmental Studies, New York University; Russell Hardin, Helen Gould Shepard Professor in the Social Sciences; Professor of Politics, New York University; Eddie Bautista, Executive Director, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance; and Claire Weisz, Adjunct Associate Professor of Planning, New York University; Founding Principal, Weisz Yoes and team leader at WXY+West 8.

There is no issue more urgent than climate change, yet government, corporations, and the public are reluctant to change. This Center for Public Scholarship conference examines the psychological factors, money and politics, and infrastructures that impede change as well as the difficult choices that must be made to foster urban resilience in the face of climate change.

This conference also publicly launches C6, the Coalition to Confront Climate Change Challenges in Cities (http://www.newschool.edu/climate-change), a collaboration between New School faculty and students of all divisions and departments to initiate cross-disciplinary activities that support climate change mitigation and urban resilience. C6 will continue the work of the conference by focusing its efforts on the areas of research identified by the conference as requiring further exploration. This work will involve both students and faculty and The New School.

The conference has been made possible with generous support from the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation.

Location: John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center
Thursday, April 25, 2014 at 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm