‘Carbon Shock’ Author Mark Schapiro at Rutgers Book Signing, Hosted by Rutgers Climate Institute

Editors' note: For more information, contact Marjorie Kaplan, kaplan@envsci.rutgers.edu, 609-658-3782

Who: Mark Schapiro, author of Carbon Shock: a Tale of Risk and Calculus on the Front Lines of the Disrupted Global Economy (Chelseagreen, 2014)

What: Lecture and book signing

Where: Cook Student Center, 59 Biel Road, George H. Cook Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

When: 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 3

Background: Journalist Mark Schapiro will discuss his investigation into the economic disruption caused by climate change. Topics will include how to establish a price for carbon, the axis points of economic change and shifting economic and political landscapes. He will also offer new understandings of financial risk, and demonstrate the costs of carbon in our everyday lives. This lecture is open to the general public and will be followed by a book signing.

Schapiro’s appearance is sponsored by the Rutgers Climate Institute, the Office of the Cook Campus Dean, Rutgers Environmental Sciences Graduate Student Association, the Rutgers Oceanography Graduate Student Association and the Rutgers Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign