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Alice McGown, International Environmental Policy master's degree candidate, Middlebury Inst. of Intl. Studies
Alice McGown, International Environmental Policy master’s degree candidate, Middlebury Inst. of Intl. Studies

Alice McGown attended the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. She brought one simple message to the nations of the world:  leave fossil fuels in the ground.

Reflections on COP26:  Leave It In the Ground

Speaker:  Alice McGown, International Environmental Policy master’s candidate at
MIIS

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

12:30pm to 1:30pm Pacific Time

Online via Zoom (details below)

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About the Topic

The Center for the Blue Economy celebrates the work that Alice has done as Lead Geospatial Information System (GIS) Researcher with the Leave it in the Ground Initiative, and the incredible opportunity she had to present at COP26.   She will share her reflections with us, and tell us about her work.  As she told us prior to COP26:    “I have created a global map identifying the overlap between fossil fuel deposits and protected areas, and then tracked and classified the extraction operations in these delicate sites. I’ll be presenting my work, naming and shaming the worst offenders, and pushing for nations to honor their protected designations by halting extraction operations within them.”   Let’s hear how it all went down.

About the Speaker

Alice McGown, International Environmental Policy master’s candidate at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, has a host of projects she’s involved with, and a background in filmmaking and videography.  See her website:  https://alicemcgown.com/

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