“Cool Thoughts on a Hot Topic”

Is it getting hotter? Are storms changing? What’s causing this? What can we do? HMEI Director, Gabe Vecchi, will moderate a panel and audience Q&A about climate change: its causes and impacts, and what it means for humanity. Faculty and alumni with expertise on climate change will discuss what is known and what they wish was better known about this urgent and important topic.

Panelists:

  • Jane W. Baldwin *18, Assistant Professor of Earth System Science, UC Irvine
  • Cleo Chou *16, Senior Natural Climate Solutions Advisor, United States Agency for International Development
  • Lisa Fernandez ’83, Associate Director, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale University
  • Stephan A. Fueglistaler, Professor of Geosciences; Director, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences; Director, Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System
  • Joseph Majkut *14, Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moderator:

Gabriel A. Vecchi,Professor of Geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute; Director, High Meadows Environmental Institute; and Deputy Director, Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System

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“Cool Thoughts on a Hot Topic”

Event Date

Fri, May 26, 2023 ・ 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Location

Robertson Hall, Room 002

Department

Is it getting hotter? Are storms changing? What’s causing this? What can we do? HMEI Director, Gabe Vecchi, will moderate a panel and audience Q&A about climate change: its causes and impacts, and what it means for humanity. Faculty and alumni with expertise on climate change will discuss what is known and what they wish was better known about this urgent and important topic.

Panelists:

  • Jane W. Baldwin *18, Assistant Professor of Earth System Science, UC Irvine
  • Cleo Chou *16, Senior Natural Climate Solutions Advisor, United States Agency for International Development
  • Lisa Fernandez ’83, Associate Director, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale University
  • Stephan A. Fueglistaler, Professor of Geosciences; Director, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences; Director, Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System
  • Joseph Majkut *14, Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moderator:

Gabriel A. Vecchi,Professor of Geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute; Director, High Meadows Environmental Institute; and Deputy Director, Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System