Climate Emergency: Practical Actions, Equitable Solutions

Scientists tell us we need to flatten our emissions curve and actively decarbonize our economies by 2030 to avoid the most severe effects of climate change. This will require broad changes in the way we produce and consume energy. As leaders in our communities, how can we ignite this change and ensure that it is a “just transition” for all people - not just a few? What lessons and reverberations from COVID-19 will affect our response to climate?

You will hear from speakers:

Dr. Kim Cobb ’96 BA, Chair and Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Director, Global Change Program

Georgia Institute of Technology;
Susan Tambi Matambo ’04 MEM, Senior Specialist, World Bank Climate Change Unit; and Mary D. Nichols ’71 JD,
Chair, California Air Resources Board.

The webinar will be moderated by Lauren Graham ’13 MEM, Senior Associate at The Cadmus Group, Founder and CEO of Velvet Frame, and Chair, Yale Blue Green.

YaleWomen's Programming Chair, Akosua Barthwell Evans ‘90 JD, will make introductions. Akosua is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Detroit-based The Barthwell Group, a boutique, multi-dimensional management consulting firm that provides strategic planning, diversity training, assessments and other services to Fortune 500 corporations, institutions of higher education and the military.