Panelists to discuss climate change at fine arts center - Peninsula Daily News
Panelists to discuss climate change at fine arts center | Peninsula Daily News
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will host “Civic Minds + Creative Hearts: Climate Change and Resiliency” today.
The event from 6 to 8 p.m. at the center at 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd. will offer an in-depth look at the long term glacial monitoring research at Olympic National Park that inspired the “Terminus: A Glacier Memorial Project” and exhibition, which is on view through Sept. 3.
Presentations will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by a panel discussion.
Tickets for the event are $12 for center members and $15 for the general public and can be purchased at https://pafac.kindful.com /e/civic-minds-creative-hearts-climate-change.
Panelists are Bill Baccus, physical science technician for Olympic National Park; Ian Miller, Washington Sea Grant Coastal Hazards specialist and oceanography instructor at Peninsula College; and Liz Schotman: Washington Regional Manager for Surfrider Foundation.
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But the conference, held from Nov. 6 to Nov. 20, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, fell short of a hoped-for agreement to speed reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.