Thoreau's Forests Confront Climate Change

Nobel laureate Dr. William Moomaw will explore how forests and other ecosystems help moderate climate change — in combination with new technologies and changes in our behaviors. The threats to our forests from climate change and other stresses will be a major theme.

The discussion will be moderated by Delia Kaye, Concord's Natural Resources Director.

William Moomaw is Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and Distinguished Visiting Scientist at Woodwell Climate Research Center. He received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from MIT.

As a member of the chemistry department at Williams College, he directed the Center for Environmental Studies. He served as a Congressional Science Fellow and worked on the legislation that banned CFCs from spray cans and on the 1976 National Forest Management Act.

Professor Moomaw was a five-time lead author of IPCC Reports addressing the science and technological mitigation of climate change, including the 2007 Report that shared the Nobel Peace Prize. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his outstanding contributions to understanding climate change and its global impacts.

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