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In October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announced that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented change in all aspects of society. The length of the 1.5 Minute Climate Lectures represents 1.5°C — the maximum amount the average temperature can rise in order to avoid the worst consequences of global warming.
Professors and leaders from across the University will unite in a series of lectures to sound the alarm about the climate emergency, to call for large-scale climate action, and to share a vision of constructive and comprehensive response.
Faculty Presenters:
Climate Policy Is Anti-Poverty Policy
Susanna Berkouwer, Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, The Wharton School
Ben Franklin and the Low-Carbon Economy
William W. Braham, Professor of Architecture and Director of the Master of Environmental Building Design and of the Center for Environmental Building + Design, Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Climate Change: How Do We Measure Success?
Jane E. Dmochowski, Senior Lecturer of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seeing Otherwise: The Liberatory Power of History
Kathleen Morrison, Sally and Alvin V. Shoemaker Professor of Anthropology
Climate Change 2021: Where Do We Go From Here?
Marsha Lester, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
The Challenge of Long-Term Thinking
Jared Farmer, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History
Giga-Scale Problems Require Giga-Scale Solutions
Daniel Nothaft, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Why We Need a Green New Deal for K-12 Schools
Akira Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Graduate City and Regional Planning, Stuart Weitzman School of Design