Climate Action For Global Cities Now: The C40 Cities Approach and How Behavioral Research Can Support It

David Miller, North America Regional Director of the C40 and C40 Ambassador for Inclusive Climate Action
Robert Gifford, Psychology and Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria
Irina Feygina, former Director of Behavioral Science and Assessment for Climate Central, Princeton, NJ
Lynda Scheekloth Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture, SUNY Buffalo
Ricardo Garcia Mira

Description

Global climate change is one of the critical issues facing the world today and one that demands a powerful and coordinated response. In this EDRA50 session, David Miller, North American Director of the C40, will present a series of initiatives that cities can and must undertake to address this critical problem and less its impacts. A panel of experts will then discuss how understanding human environmental behavior, through theory and evidence in environmental psychology and environmental design research, can support these proposed actions and help make them more effective.

Presenter Bios

The Honorable David Miller is former Mayor of Toronto (2003-2010), former president of World Wildlife Fund-Canada, currently North America Regional Director of the C40 and C40 Ambassador for Inclusive Climate Action. The C40 is an organization of the world’s largest cities, working together to combat global climate change. The panel includes Robert Gifford, Psychology and Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, Irina Feygina, former Director of Behavioral Science and Assessment for Climate Central, Princeton, NJ, and Lynda Scheekloth, Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture, SUNY Buffalo.