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CIRES Director Testifies to Congress on the Climate Crisis [1]

CU Boulder professor and Director of CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) [3], Waleed Abdalati, testified in a hearing on April 15 held by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. The hearing, titled “Making the Case for Climate Action: The Growing Risks and Costs of Inaction [4],” was the first hearing of the committee in 2021. Rep. Joe Neguse introduced Dr. Abdalati. 

Dr. Abdalati’s testimony can be read here [5]. Read more about the hearing from CU Boulder Geography Faculty News Spring 2021 [6].

Dr. Waleed Abdalati, Director of CIRES, testifies to Congress on the climate crisis

Dr. Waleed Abdalati, Director of CIRES, testifies to Congress on the climate crisis

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