Climate Change and Coronavirus Panel Discussion
Stephen Pacala, the Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and past director of PEI, Kian Mintz-Woo, postdoctoral research associate in the University Center for Human Values, and environmental journalist Meera Subramanian, the 2019-20 PEI Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities, led this April 24 panel discussion about the long-term environmental and ethical effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic has revealed structural inadequacies in our existing institutions and economic systems, both of which are unequipped to deal with the pandemic and the climate crisis. The panelists discussed topics such as rebuilding the economy in a more sustainable way, if an opportunity to shift away from fossil fuels after the pandemic exists, and the role the media plays in how we view the existential threats of climate change and COVID-19.
The panel was moderated by physician Ruby Huttner and Skip Rankin, a lawyer who works in renewable energy, both from Princeton’s Class of 1972.
The panel organized by the Princeton Environmental Activism Coalition and the Princeton Student Climate Initiative with co-sponsorship by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) and the Pace Center for Civic Engagement.
Climate Change and Coronavirus Panel Discussion
Publish Date
April 26, 2020
Stephen Pacala, the Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and past director of PEI, Kian Mintz-Woo, postdoctoral research associate in the University Center for Human Values, and environmental journalist Meera Subramanian, the 2019-20 PEI Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities, led this April 24 panel discussion about the long-term environmental and ethical effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic has revealed structural inadequacies in our existing institutions and economic systems, both of which are unequipped to deal with the pandemic and the climate crisis. The panelists discussed topics such as rebuilding the economy in a more sustainable way, if an opportunity to shift away from fossil fuels after the pandemic exists, and the role the media plays in how we view the existential threats of climate change and COVID-19.
The panel was moderated by physician Ruby Huttner and Skip Rankin, a lawyer who works in renewable energy, both from Princeton’s Class of 1972.
The panel organized by the Princeton Environmental Activism Coalition and the Princeton Student Climate Initiative with co-sponsorship by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) and the Pace Center for Civic Engagement.
