Dr. Christian Braneon sits on the Board of Directors of The Trust for Governors Island as well as the Advisory Board of Morehouse College's Environmental Justice & Sustainability Program. He leads the Urban Pillar of the Climate Impacts Group at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Dr. Braneon previously served as Co…
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Panelists will discuss: How caste, class, gender and regional politics shaped India's "shock" 2024 election results. The future outlook for India's democracy and politics, post-elections. And, a comparison of electoral prcesses in India and USA, with a short note on how the U.S. Presidential Elections might impact India and U.S…
Dr. Yukyan Lam is the Director of Research and a Senior Scientist at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School University, where she helps develop and manage the Center’s research portfolio. She is a social and behavioral public health scientist trained in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, with a…
Dr. Denise Mauzerall is the William S. Tod Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Public and International Affairs at Princeton University holding a joint appointment between the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research examines…
What cumulative impacts needs is a simple solution to a complex problem, or at least a simplified approach if solution is a too ambitious goal. A solution implies that they would cease to exist, yet cumulative impacts are a part of everyone’s everyday lives. The question remains whether a feasible, standardized approach can be…
Thirty years ago, the idea that China could challenge the United States economically, globally, and militarily seemed unfathomable. Yet today, China is considered another great power in the international system. How did China manage to build power, from a weaker resource position, in an international system that was dominated…