KAUST Sustainability “Green is our Mission”
Wednesday, February 7
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Level 0 lecture hall between Ibn Al-Haytham and Ibn Sina (bldgs. 2 & bldgs. 3)
Join us for a talk by Christian Holmes, Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he works on environmental protection, humanitarian assistance and international economic development sectors.
Coastal cities and bordering coastal plains have been at the center of human development for thousands of years. Coastal cities and their overall ecology including human population, coastal plains, rivers, groundwater, estuaries and marine life face enormous threats from such pressures as climate change, extreme weather events, population migration, ground water depletion, surface water pollution, the salinization of coastal aquifers and the degradation of estuaries and fisheries. Strengthening the sustainability of coastal cities presents a range of unique interdisciplinary opportunities for KAUST. This presentation explores such opportunities in areas in which KAUST has made significant contributions to sustainability.