Pardee Director is Keynote Speaker at March 24 Water Forum

Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos has been invited as the keynote speaker for the 3rd Annual Massachusetts Water Forum on Tuesday, March 24.  Prof. Janetos’ talk, titled “Climate Change Implications for Water and Coastal Resources,” will discuss future water resource issues in Massachusetts and beyond, drawing on the findings of the third U.S. National Climate Assessment released in last year.

“Water: Right or Privilege?” is the theme of the forum, which will focus on issues concerning water in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and what the implications may be here while states in other regions face drought and other water resource issues. The forum will take place March 24th from 10 am- noon at BSA Space, headquarters of the Boston Society of Architects, at 290 Congress Street, Suite 200, Boston.

This event is being organized by Foundation for a Green Future, Inc., Massachusetts State Representative Chris Walsh, Boston Society of Architects, and the MIT Water Club and Green Schools.

Prof. Janetos served on the external federal advisory committee for the third U.S. National Climate Assessment, which was released in 2014. He was also a co-convening lead author on the mitigation chapter of that report.

Prof. Janetos played a role in all three of the National Climate Assessments, serving in the Federal Advisory Committees for each, as a co-chair in the first assessment, and as a lead author on ecosystem impacts  in the second. He has also led in the development of a national system of indicators for climate change impacts and responses on behalf of the Federal Advisory Committee. In addition, he served as a co-coordinating lead author for the Second Working Group chapter on regional contexts for the fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Professor Janetos also served on the steering committee for the second update of the City of Boston’s Climate Action Plan, which was released in January 2015.