Daniel Lerch bio and materials

Daniel Lerch is the author of Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty, the first major local government guidebook on peak oil and global warming. He has delivered presentations and workshops on energy uncertainty to elected officials, city planners and other audiences across the United States, as well as in Canada, the UK, Ireland and Spain. Daniel has worked on urban 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. Daniel is the Program Director of Post Carbon Institute.

About Daniel's presentation

Daniel is available for presentations at conferences as well as for government and public audiences. Please contact our Speakers Bureau for speaking fees and availability.

Daniel's presentation is based on his book, Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty, which explores both the uncertainties that peak oil and global warming are creating for cities and what local decision-makers can do to address them. The presentation lasts 45-60 minutes and covers these points:

• the changing energy and climate contexts of the 21st century;
• the facts and fiction surrounding 'peak oil', and how the problem is really a much broader, more complex issue of 'energy uncertainty';
• what energy uncertainty means for cities, and why local governments in particular should take action on it;
• what 'early actor' cities in the U.S. and Canada have already done in response to energy uncertainty; and
• recommendations for what local governments should do about the combined threat challenge of 'energy and climate uncertainty.'

Presentation and Promotion Materials

• SLIDESHOWS: Webpage with links to recent slideshows
• ABOUT THE BOOK: Description and contents Post Carbon Cities (.doc)
• IMAGE: Author headshot at 320x400 px (.jpg)
• IMAGE: Book cover at 200x259 px, 1200x1553 px, or 2550x3300 px (.jpg)

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Photo credit: Daniel Lerch at Cultivate Centre, 2008. © Eoin Campbell.