Local briefs: Athens homeless encampment director is out, UGA hosts climate change conference - WGAU
Local briefs: Athens homeless encampment director is out, UGA hosts climate change conference - WGAU
There is a search for a new director for the Athens-Clarke County government-sanctioned homeless encampment off Barber Street: Charles Hardy is out, removed by Athens-Clarke County Manager Blaine Williams after his recent conviction on battery charges involving a resident at the facility on Athens’ west side.
The University of Georgia’s Georgia Center plays host to a climate conference. The day-long Georgia Climate Conference gets underway at 8 o’clock this morning.
There is tax talk today in Athens: committees looking at projects funded by the 2020 and 2023 SPLOST referendums are meeting at City Hall.
Oconee County Planning Commissioners meet tonight: it’s a 7 o’clock session at the courthouse in Watkinsville.
Oconee County Commissioners set the date for their next town hall meeting: the quarterly session will be held June 15, one month from today, at the Oconee County Civic Center.
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Related Knowledge Center: Climate diplomacy
Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates.
Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.
The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21).
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