Jenny Goldstein | Tropical Land Use, Carbon Emissions, and Indonesia's Oil Palm Explosion

Dr. Jenny Goldstein is an Assistant Professor in Development Sociology at Cornell University. Jenny's work is driven by interests in environmental conservation and development in the tropics; intersections of data infrastructure and land governance; human health impacts of ecological change; global food and agriculture systems; the financialization of land; and the role of scientific knowledge in climate change politics.

Seminar Series: Perspectives on the Climate Change Challenge:

• Mondays, Spring Semester 2020, 2:55-4:10pm, 233 Plant Sciences
• Most sessions available as a Zoom Webinar
   

This university-wide seminar series provides important views on the critical issue of climate change, drawing from many perspectives and disciplines. Experts from both Cornell University and other universities will present an overview of the science of climate change and climate change models, the implications for agriculture, ecosystems, and food systems, and provide important economic, ethical, and policy insights on the issue. The seminar is being organized and sponsored by the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability.