Hayhoe’s talk will focus on the importance of calling for systemic change to tackle the climate crisis.
Katharine Hayhoe will deliver the Earth Week Keynote address, “Solving Climate Change Starts with Us (But not the way you think!),” on Wednesday, April 22 from 7-8 p.m. in McKinnon Hall, Moseley Center.
Hayhoe is the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a Horn Distinguished Professor and endowed professor of public policy and public law at Texas Tech University. She has served as a lead author for the second, third and fourth U.S. National Climate Assessments. She is the author of the best-selling book “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World.” Hayhoe has been named to lists including the TIME 100 Most Influential People and Fortune’s 50 World’s Greatest Leaders.
Hayhoe’s talk will focus on the importance of calling for systemic change to tackle the climate crisis. Many people are eager to learn what they can do as individuals to help address climate change. While personal actions are important, Hayhoe emphasizes that solving climate change is dependent on people using their voices to help build a better future.
Hayhoe is also the creator of “Talking Climate”, an online newsletter that shares helpful climate science and solutions through weekly climate updates, positive climate stories and more. Visit this link to subscribe to the newsletter.
To view the full schedule of Earth Week events and read more about the upcoming keynote, visit the Office of Sustainability’s website.