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National Conversation on Climate Action

April 22, 2009 | University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | Event Web site

Tucson will host a “Spotlight Conversation on Climate Action” as part of an elite group of 10 communities that were selected by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability to be highlighted nationally. This event is part of the National Conversation on Climate Action series of local-level community engagement events taking place nationwide on Earth Day.

94th Annual ESA Meeting: Ecological Knowledge and a Global Sustainable Society

August 2, 2009 - August 7, 2009 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Event Web site

With fossil fuels waning, a public awareness of global warming and biodiversity issues increasing, and new green technologies breaking into public markets, the world is poised for planning sustainability of a global society.

Land Use Planning in the Changing Climate of the West

Posted by Rebecca Carter | on January 15, 2009
An assessment of western state climate plans finds many communities could cost-efficiently reduce their emissions by about 20 percent if their land use planning-related policies were fully implemented.