is climate change an emergency? Is a good question. Unfortunately the presenters followed the poorly reasoned arguments of those who came before them.Arguing with: numbers out of context, sad stories, blaming history, and assuming we all want the same thing do not make for good logical arguments. After all 200,000 people dying will be less than 0.2% of all deaths in the world in 2050. And 13trillion dollars between now and 2050 is less than 0.25% of all the world economic activity. Is it better to take a slow and thoughtful approach? I am concerned about the feedback loop that one of the presenters talked about but I did not hear any compelling points on why they will happen and what danger they pose. Better building codes and planning might be more cost effective and save more lives than focusing all of are attention on reducing green house gas emissions. I was hoping for some interesting new ideas and perspectives. I did not see much diversity of ideas. They were well spoken and they did a good job of sharing their time. I enjoyed the discussion.