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SUMMARY:Limit Climate Change and Stay Healthy (free, but register in a
 dvance)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion on the effects of anthropogenic g
 reenhouse gas emissions on climate, how long these effects will persis
 t, and what needs to be done to limit global warming to safe levels. L
 earn how to reduce climate change and become healthier by doing so, an
 d hear about the world’s first (cost, barrier, advertisement, and ca
 rbon) free university (NextGenU.org), and its training on climate chan
 ge and health.\nWhat: Limit Climate Change and Stay Healthy by Drs. K
 irsten Zickfeld, SFU and Erica Frank, UBC\nWhen: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.
 m. on Wednesday, January 25, 2012\nWhere: Rm C130, UBC Robson Square,
  800 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC\nRegister: www.limitclimatechange.e
 ventbrite.ca (free of charge and open to the public)\n \nLive Web St
 ream: www.pics.uvic.ca/events.php\n \nDr. Kirsten Zickfeld is an as
 sistant professor in the Department of Geography in the Faculty of Env
 ironment at SFU, and an adjunct professor in the School of Earth and O
 cean Sciences at UVic. She is a climate scientist with a particular in
 terest in anthropogenic climate change. Her current research focuses o
 n the interactions between climate and the carbon cycle and the centur
 y-scale response of the climate system to greenhouse gas emissions. Sh
 e is also interested in the emissions implications of long-term climat
 e targets such as limiting global mean warming to below 2 °C, a clima
 te target adopted by many countries.\n \nDr. Erica Frank is a profes
 sor in the School of Population and Public Health, and the Department 
 of Family Practice at UBC. Dr. Frank is a Canada Research Chair in Pre
 ventive Medicine and Population Health. She specializes in preventive 
 medicine, and her research emphasizes the degree to which a clinicianâ
 €™s positive health habits influence patients’ positive health habit
 s. Dr. Frank is also the Founder and President of Next Generation Univ
 ersity (NextGenU.org, the world’s first free university), and Past P
 resident (2008) of Physicians for Social Responsibility.\nWe hope that
  you can make it, either in person or by accessing our webcast atwww.p
 ics.uvic.ca/events.php.\n\nFor more information visit http://villageva
 ncouver.org/events/limit-climate-change-and-stay-healthy-free-but-regi
 ster-in-advanc
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CATEGORIES:downtown, lecture, free
LOCATION:UBC Robson Square
WEBSITE:http://www.limitclimatechange.eventbrite.ca
URL:http://www.limitclimatechange.eventbrite.ca
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ORGANIZER:PICS - Drs. Kirsten Zickfeld (SFU) and Erica Frank (UBC)
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