On Friday, March 5th and 12th, The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles’s Committee on the Environment (AIA LA COTE) will be presenting the 4th annual 1.5°C Symposium on Climate Change. The symposium has been renamed “1.5 Degrees Celsius” from 2 Degrees Celsius to highlight the global urgent need for the design and construction industry to provide carbon mitigating solutions that will prevent the global temperature from rising more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
AIA LA COTE is providing a conference that reflects the most relevant dialogues in society and has incorporated this thinking into a two-day symposium around Climate Action and Climate Justice. Carbon Neutrality, Healthy Building Environments, Resiliency, and Equity are a few of the topics to be presented by a diverse set of presenters including such keynotes as Farhana Yamin; an international environmental lawyer and activist who has co-authored a number of international treaties on climate change, including the Paris Climate Agreement.