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April 3rd, 2020
What can the spread of coronavirus teach us about the spread of climate change? Both crises have global reach, invisible perpetrators, and require aggressive, early action...
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Interim Director, The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard C-CHANGE)
Aaron Bernstein focuses on the health impacts of the climate crisis on children’s health and advancing solutions to address its causes to improve the health and wellbeing of...
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Associate Entomology Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brian Allan studies the consequences of environmental change, including human land-use and climate change, for human exposure to vector-borne diseases (those transmitted by...
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Director of Environment and Health, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Barbara Gottlieb guides Physicians for Social Responsibility's national work on climate, energy and air quality. She is the lead author or coauthor of PSR’s major reports on...
Podcast
How do human beings respond to invisible threats like the coronavirus and carbon pollution? One threat is personal, direct, and close – touch an infected surface or talk too...
Part of COVID-19 and Climate: Human Response , March 2020
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Humans look to place blame for everything from a stubbed toe to bad government policies, says Susan Clayton, professor of psychology and environmental studies at the College...
Part of COVID-19 and Climate: Human Response , March 2020
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Like climate change, Peter Atwater notes how the proximity of COVID-19 causes our anxiety to "rise exponentially" the closer it gets. Atwater is adjunct economics professor...
Part of COVID-19 and Climate: Human Response , March 2020
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What's good for you as a person is rarely good for the collective group, says Robert Frank, economics professor at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and author of...
Part of COVID-19 and Climate: Human Response , March 2020
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Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investing, BlackRock
Brian Deese leads the sustainable investing team at BlackRock, whisch is focused on identifying drivers of long-term return associated with environmental, social and...
Event
April 15th, 2020
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The COVID-19 recession is unfolding at historic speed and depth. New jobless claims reached a record 10 million in just two weeks. Wall Street’s fear gauge closed...
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Finance Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University; Author, Broken Bargain: Banks, Bailouts, and the Struggle to Tame Wall Street
Kathleen Day joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2013. A business author and journalist, she is a full-time lecturer with a specialty in financial crises and...
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April 20th, 2020
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With COVID-19 shutting down urban areas, city dwellers from LA to New Delhi are getting a rare taste of clean air and blue skies. Practically overnight,...
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Former Employee, Vermont Yankee; Co-Founder, Vermont Woods Studios
Ken Farabaugh grew up as one of six kids in western Pennsylvania. He holds dual associates degrees in electrical engineering and nuclear engineering technology, a bachelors...
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Director of Nuclear Power Safety, Union of Concerned Scientists
Edwin Lyman is an expert on nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism as well as nuclear power safety and security. He directs the Nuclear Power Safety program at the Union...
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Founder and CEO, Oklo Inc.
Jacob DeWitte is the Founder and the CEO of Oklo Inc., a Sunnyvale, CA based company developing and building small nuclear reactors. DeWitte has been working with nuclear...
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Chief Executive Officer, The Council on Strategic Risks
Christine Parthemore has deep experience addressing issues ranging from the security implications of climate change to countering weapons of mass destruction, including in...
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CEO, Oil and Gas Climate Initiative
As CEO of OGCI Climate Investments, Dr. Pratima Rangarajan is responsible for the delivery of the OGCI Climate Investments' mission – creating positive outcomes in the...
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Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
During Matt Rogers' 25 years at McKinsey, he has served as the leader of electric power & natural gas, oil & gas, and sustainability practices as well as supporting...
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Founder and CEO, Metabolic
Eva Gladek is the founder and CEO of Metabolic, a consulting, research, and venture building firm focused on tackling global sustainability challenges and advancing a...
Podcast
Nuclear power - revive it or allow a slow death?
In middle of the last century, nuclear power promised an exciting new world of efficient and eternal energy. But after a...