{"id":22076,"date":"2026-02-03T12:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/?page_id=22076"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:27:57","slug":"legislating-the-climate-crisis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/past-co-curricular-events\/legislating-the-climate-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislating the Climate Crisis: A Mock Congress Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/khc\/files\/2026\/02\/Legislating-the-Climate-Crisis-KLAB-CC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/khc\/files\/2026\/02\/Legislating-the-Climate-Crisis-KLAB-CC-636x358.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"358\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/files\/2026\/02\/Legislating-the-Climate-Crisis-KLAB-CC-636x358.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/files\/2026\/02\/Legislating-the-Climate-Crisis-KLAB-CC-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/files\/2026\/02\/Legislating-the-Climate-Crisis-KLAB-CC-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/files\/2026\/02\/Legislating-the-Climate-Crisis-KLAB-CC-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/files\/2026\/02\/Legislating-the-Climate-Crisis-KLAB-CC-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/files\/2026\/02\/Legislating-the-Climate-Crisis-KLAB-CC-992x558.png 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/files\/2026\/02\/Legislating-the-Climate-Crisis-KLAB-CC-1500x844.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/files\/2026\/02\/Legislating-the-Climate-Crisis-KLAB-CC.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date &amp; Time:\u00a0<\/strong>Monday, March 2, 2026 <br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>5:00-7:00 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location: <\/strong>BU Photonics, Rm 906 <br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>(<span>8 St Mary&#8217;s St)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Event Description: <\/strong> <span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">This co-curricular simulation places students in Congress as they design climate legislation, analyze impacts, and navigate political feasibility. The event emphasizes evidence-based policymaking, equity, and the realities of governing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Joining us at this event will be BU Faculty members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/profile\/richard-samuel-deese\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/profile\/richard-samuel-deese\/\" data-outlook-id=\"ced9a59f-a99a-4096-9a95-5f1487783358\"><span>Professor Deese<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/david-campbell\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/david-campbell\/\" data-outlook-id=\"69aec4db-cc69-4ee9-a9bb-03a6ffd1abad\"><span>Professor Campbell<\/span><\/a><span>, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/profiles\/rick-reibstein\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/profiles\/rick-reibstein\/\" data-outlook-id=\"6e179b2f-1c8a-42e9-a2b0-11bf90ed7bcd\"><span>Professor Reibstein<\/span><\/a>.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attendance: <\/strong>At the end of the event, a QR will be posted for you to check-in. This QR will expire so please complete the check-in form immediately. You must check-in to earn co-curricular attendance credit for this event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date &amp; Time:\u00a0Monday, March 2, 2026 5:00-7:00 pm Location: BU Photonics, Rm 906 (8 St Mary&#8217;s St) Event Description: This co-curricular simulation places students in Congress as they design climate legislation, analyze impacts, and navigate political feasibility. The event emphasizes evidence-based policymaking, equity, and the realities of governing. Joining us at this event will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16931,"featured_media":0,"parent":17570,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16931"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22076"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22122,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22076\/revisions\/22122"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}