Donald Addu is a North Carolina native and a graduate of two North Carolina Universities, holding a bachelor's degree in Ecology and Environmental Biology from Appalachian State and a Masters of Public Administration from North Carolina Central. He has spent well over a decade advocating for action on climate change in many different roles including Senior Director of Programs for Citizens Climate Lobby, the Board Chair of CleanAireNC, and as an appointed member of the Durham City/County Environmental Affairs Board.
His professional experience includes sales of direct air capture credits at Climeworks, concrete CO2 mineralization credits for CarbonCure, and is currently the Head of Climate Partnerships at Climate Vault Solutions, where is the leads the sales and marketing teams while supporting the carbon neutral and NetZero goals of companies globally.
Donald serves on the advisory board for the School of Management at Appalachian State University and co-teaches courses on carbon credits and life cycle analysis.
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The world is changing rapidly as global temperatures continue to rise increasing the number and severity of natural disasters. This presentation will focus on the three broad areas that must be addressed in order for us to exist in this new world. We will discuss mitigation (the reduction of greenhouse gases), adaptation (how we will change our infrastructure to adapt to our new normal), and carbon dioxide removal (how we will reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere).
This presentation is designed for audiences with no or limited scientific background and will cover the technologies, economics and policies necessary to reduce the negative impacts of a warming world. Questions from the audience are encouraged.
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