{"665585":{"#nid":"665585","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Conversations with Cabrera: Climate Action","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident \u0026Aacute;ngel Cabrera convenes a panel of faculty to discuss climate action as part of Sustainable Development Goals Action and Awareness Week. Joining him will be:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMarilyn Brown\u003C\/strong\u003E, Regents\u0026#39; Professor and the Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndre Calmon\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor in the Scheller College of Business and a faculty fellow in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/sustainability\u0022\u003EBrook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems\u003C\/a\u003E;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/strong\u003E, Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor, David S. Lewis, Jr. Chair, and executive director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/energy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EStrategic Energy Institute\u003C\/a\u003E; and\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBrian Stone\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the School of City and Regional Planning and director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/urbanclimate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EUrban Climate Lab\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout SDG Action and Awareness Week\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo advance the Institute\u0026rsquo;s mission and strategic plan, President \u0026Aacute;ngel Cabrera charged leaders and units throughout campus with spearheading a project to promote, implement, and advance the 17 United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESDG Action and Awareness Week invites universities around the world to host events that increase awareness of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\u0022\u003ESDGs\u003C\/a\u003E, showcase the work they\u0026rsquo;re doing, and encourage action.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s 2023 SDG Week will focus primarily on SDG13: Climate Action. As we prepare to launch the Institute Climate Action Plan, SDG Week will help showcase Tech\u0026rsquo;s work in teaching, research, and operations that positively impacts climate. Georgia Tech will host a variety of events throughout the week and encourages partners around campus to organize and host their own SDG-focused events (such as workshops, service projects, or conversation panels) to help showcase the many ways Georgia Tech is making progress toward achieving these global goals on a local level.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to campus-specific events, University Global Coalition (UGC) hosts a calendar of virtual SDG-focused events organized by university partners around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"President Cabrera convenes a panel of faculty including SPP\u0027s Marilyn Brown to discuss climate action as part of Sustainable Development Goals Action and Awareness Week."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2023-02-07 22:55:04","changed_gmt":"2023-02-07 22:55:40","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-03-09T08:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2023-03-09T09:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-03-09T09:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-03-09 13:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-03-09 14:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-03-09 14:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/president.gatech.edu\/publications-speeches\/conversations","title":"Conversations with Cabrera"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}