Cornell University: ILR School’s Climate Jobs Institute associate named to Ithaca commission

Iris Packman ’06 of the ILR School’s Climate Jobs Institute will serve on Ithaca’s Sustainability & Climate Justice Advisory Commission through 2024.

The commission advises the city on implementing the Green New Deal resolution that the Ithaca City Council passed in 2019. Commission members share their expertise on ways to meet the goals of climate justice, sustainability and carbon neutrality by 2030.

“This is a unique opportunity to bring the knowledge we’ve developed at the Climate Jobs Institute to benefit our local community, and could also lead to applied learning opportunities for students,” said Packman, who serves as a senior research and policy development associate at the institute.