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    Conference on Climate Research, Teaching, and Collaboration

    Baruch as a Climate Change Hub
    Inaugural Conference on Climate Research, Teaching, and Collaboration

    Friday, March 10 from 10:00 am–5:15 pm
    Information and Technology Building
    151 East 25th Street

    About the Program

    Climate change is an existential threat faced by our society. Addressing climate change and building resilience and sustainability requires joint effort and interdisciplinary, innovative collaboration between researchers, educators, policymakers, and the private sector. Baruch, specifically, and with its partners across CUNY, is strategically located in New York City, the world’s financial capital and tech hub, and home to more than 18 million people. Most Baruch students will make their home in NYC. They will contribute as the economic and leadership engine that will maintain NYC’s vitality.

    Baruch’s three schools—Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, and Zicklin School of Business—make the College uniquely positioned to become:

    • The CUNY climate resiliency and innovation research hub
    • A global leader in interdisciplinary climate change and sustainability business and policy innovation
    • A catalyst for a well-prepared NYC-based workforce ready to take on the opportunities of a transition to a decarbonized economy, and the challenges of climate impacts resilience.
    Goals

    The one-day conference aims to:

    1. Bring together Baruch faculty members across the three schools to showcase their work: Marxe, Weissman, and Zicklin faculty pioneers in the research and teaching of climate change and environmental sustainability.
    2. Consider opportunities for climate change, environmental sustainability research, and teaching collaboration.
    3. Provide a platform for a dialogue between Baruch, other CUNY climate faculty, regulators, private sector leaders, and local thought leaders.
    4. Provide a platform for an exchange of ideas focused on critical research needs and the preparation of knowledgeable Baruch graduates ready to bring data-based, climate change insights to NYC through innovation and leadership.
    5. Provide a venue to convene Baruch faculty associated with the Climate Studies Research Cluster and raise awareness of the cluster’s existence.
    Agenda

    Breakfast

    9:45 am–10:00 am

    Welcoming Remarks

    10:00 am–10:30 am

    • Mindy Engle-Friedman, Professor of Psychology, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
    • Lin Peng, Krell Chair Professor in Finance, Zicklin School of Business
    • Linda Essig, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

    Research and Teaching: Climate and Sustainability

    10:30 am–11:30 am

    Moderator: Anna D’Souza, Associate Professor, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

    Local Waterways and Coastal Ecosystems
    Chester Zarnoch, Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

    Bringing Oysters Back to NYC: Research, Education, and Outreach Working with the BOP
    Stephen Gosnell, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

    Food Production, Factory Farming, Environmental Impacts
    Valerie Watnick, Professor and Chair, Department of Law, Zicklin School of Business

    Climate Impacts and Environmental Justice
    Shelly Eversley, Professor of English and Interim Chair, Black and Latino Studies, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

    Break

    11:30 am–11:45 am

    Research and Teaching: Climate and Sustainability Part II

    11:45 am–12:45 pm

    Moderator: Terrence Martell, Saxe Distinguished Professor of Finance and Director Emeritus of the Weissman Center for International Business, Zicklin School of Business

    Developing Leaders to Save the Planet: The Case of the Zicklin School of Business
    Cynthia Thompson, Professor, Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management, Zicklin School of Business

    Climate Change, Real Estate Markets, and Teaching Initiatives at the Newman Institute
    Yildiray Yildirim, Professor and Chair, William Newman Department of Real Estate, Zicklin School of Business

    ESG, Energy, Incentives, and Regulation
    Nizan Geslevich Packin, Professor, Department of Law, Zicklin School of Business

    Retrofitting Social and Behavioral Sciences to Address Questions Related to Climate Change Impact
    Frank Heiland, Professor, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

    Lunch

    12:45 pm–1:45 pm

    Deans’ Panel: Interdisciplinary Collaboration

    1:45 pm–2:30 pm

    Moderator: Raquel Benbunan-Fich, Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Research, and Innovation, Professor of Information Systems and Statistics, Zicklin School of Business

    Dean Jessica Lang, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

    Interim Dean Paquita Davis-Friday, Zicklin School of Business

    Dean Sherry Ryan, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

    Break

    2:30 pm–2:45 pm

    Climate Change, Disclosure, and Firm Outcomes

    2:45 pm–3:45 pm

    Moderator: Jun Wang, Professor and Chair, Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance, Zicklin School of Business

    Role of Political Beliefs in Investor and Firm Attitudes Toward CSR
    Leonard Kostovetsky, Associate Professor, Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance, Zicklin School of Business

    Corporate Governance and Sustainability
    Yao Shen, Assistant Professor, Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance, Zicklin School of Business

    ESG Disclosure and Corporate Investment
    Joonsung Won, PhD student, Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance, Zicklin School of Business

    ESG Disclosure, Performance, and Stock Returns
    Mehmet Ozbilgin, Assistant Professor, Stan Ross Department of Accountancy, Zicklin School of Business

    Break

    3:45 pm–4:00 pm

    Collaborating for a Sustainable Future: Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors

    4:00pm–5:00pm

    Moderator: Lin Peng, Krell Chair Professor in Finance, Zicklin School of Business

    NYC’s governmental and corporate partners:

    John Adler, Chief ESG Officer, NYC Comptroller’s Office

    Sonay Aykan, Associate Director ESG and Sustainability, Colgate-Palmolive

    Salome Makharadze, Millennium Fellow, the Atlantic Council; Managing Director, Alternatives Capital Markets and Strategy Group at Goldman Sachs

    Julie Santoro, Partner and ESG Reporting Lead, Department of Professional Practice, KPMG

    Closing Remarks

    5:00 pm–5:15 pm

    Professors Mindy Engle-Friedman and Lin Peng

    Registration

    Registration for this event has closed.

    Video Archive
    • Part I: Research and Teaching: Climate and Sustainability
    • Part II: Research and Teaching: Climate and Sustainability
    • Part III: Deans’ Panel: Interdiscplinary Collaboration
    • Part IV: Firm Outcomes

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    Thanks to the Zicklin School of Business for its financial support of this program.


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