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About Town Square

Town Square is a Seattle Channel series dedicated to connecting people and ideas. With lectures, debates, and forums recorded around the city at places such as Town Hall, the Seattle Public Library, and the Central District Forum of Arts and Ideas, Town Square brings interesting and provocative conversations to cable TV and the web.

Town Square: Increasing Seattle's Climate Resilience
Town Square: Increasing Seattle's Climate Resilience
9/19/20171:15:03

Global climate change is loading the dice, making extreme weather events like forest fires and Hurricanes even more intense. Seattle has experienced some of its rainiest and least snowy winters, its hottest and driest summers, and its highest tides on record. Learn from international experts how homeowners, new development and local government all play a role in improving Seattle's climate resilience.

Panelists:

Jill Mangaliman - Got Green
Herbert Dreiseitl - Livable Cities Lab, Ramboll
Mooyoung Han - Seoul National University
Madeline Goddard - Seattle Public Utilities
Jessica Finn Coven - Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment

Moderated by KUOW's Joshua McNichols

Part of the Urban Innovations Speakers Series.

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