Climate change expert to speak at Iowa State

Kyle Heim

The program director for the nonprofit Climate Interactive will be at Iowa State on Monday to give a lecture on his organization’s free climate change decision-support tools. 

Travis Franck will present the lecture, titled “Understanding Climate Change through Interactive Simulations,” from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Kocimski Auditorium in the Design Building. 

Franck will also address policy struggles and successes during the event, which is free to attend. 

Through his expertise in climate change, Franck assists in tackling issues such as “community resiliency, climate mitigation and adaptation and energy system transformation,” according to the College of Design website.

More information about Franck and his organization can be found online at http://www.design.iastate.edu/news/2017/02/travis-franck-lecture/.