Superfund Site to Become Climate Change Think Tank

[David Kupfer]

Thought this would be of interest to y'all

San Francisco and the United Nations partner on global warming center
Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2009

San Francisco's Hunters Point Shipyard will be the future home of a UN-
sponsored think tank to study solutions to global warming and other
environmental crises plaguing the planet.

The 80,000-square-foot United Nations Global Compact Center will
include office space for academics and scientists, an incubator to
foster green tech start-ups, and a conference center. The center is
expected to cost $20 million. Lennar Corp., the developer partnering
with the city to rebuild large swaths of the shipyard and Candlestick
Point, will donate the land and infrastructure. The city hopes the
remainder of the funds will come from corporate sponsorship, state and
federal grants, and foundation money.

The partnership between San Francisco and the United Nations dates to
June 26, 1945, when the UN Charter was signed at the city's War
Memorial Veterans Building. Four years ago, mayors from around the
world gathered at City Hall to sign the UN Global Compact, a set of 21
urban environmental accords. San Francisco and Milwaukee are the only
two American cities that signed the compact.

Read the complete story here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/29/MN7O1913JU.DTL