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Daniel is the author of Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty, the first major municipal guidebook on peak oil and global warming. One of the few experts specializing in local government responses to global fossil fuel depletion, he has delivered presentations and workshops to elected officials, planners, and other audiences across the United States, as well as in Canada, Ireland, the UK, and Spain.
Daniel has worked with urban sustainability and planning issues for over thirteen years in the public, private and non-profit sectors. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Rutgers University in New Jersey and a Master of Urban Studies from Portland State University in Oregon.
Post Carbon Institute's Program Director and author of "Post Carbon Cities" Daniel Lerch talks about his first awareness of climate and scarcity issues and how he came into the work of helping communities of all sizes address deepening vulnerability issues.
Post Carbon Institute presents a special panel discussion with Fellows Warren Karlenzig and Bill Rees, and guest Bryn Davidson. The discussion took place at Post Carbon's shoulder event Resilient Cities in a Post Carbon World at the 2009 Resilient Cities Conference.
Two whistleblowers inside the International Energy Agency (IEA) — the official energy analysis body of the world's industrialized countries — have claimed that the United States has been pressuring the IEA to make … >>
Original article in Italian by Emanuele Bompan, Terra News, published February 9, 2010. Translated for Post Carbon by Lucy Segatti INTERVIEW. A conversation with Daniel Lerch, author of Post Carbon Cities: Planning for … >>
Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty is the first major guidebook on peak oil and global warming for people who work with and for local governments in the United States and Canada. It provides a … >>
Post Carbon Program Director Daniel Lerch was interviewed by PlanetShifter Magazine on addiction to fossil fuels. From the interview: What is uncertain in our pollution-packed industrial economy? We burn fossil fuels and … >>
Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben and Executive Director Asher Miller discuss Bill's new book Eaarth, and the 350.org campaign.
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what is pci?Founded in 2003, Post Carbon Institute is leading the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world. The Institute has gathered 29 of the world's leading experts on a wide range of interdependent social and scientific issues.
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