Global Climate Change Lecture and Reception with International Expert, Helen Plume

The U.S. Green Building Council Central Texas – Balcones Chapter will host international climate change expert from New Zealand, Helen Plume, for a lecture on Tuesday, June 15 at the Austin Convention Center. A principal analyst in the Climate and Risk Directorate at the Ministry for the Environment in Wellington, New Zealand, Plume has been instrumental in building the reputation for leadership on climate change that New Zealand holds in the world today. A free tour of the Austin Convention Center’s LEED retrofitting activities will be available for attendees prior to the event. Plume has just completed a two year term as Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) under the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change. In 2009, she participated in the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.