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Did You Know?

Anthropogenic GHG emissions, to date, amount to a climate forcing roughly equal to 1% of the net incoming solar energy, or the equivalent of burning 13 M barrels of oil every minute.

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24th - Paul Polman - Becoming Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take

March 26, 2026 | 5:30 pm
Paul Polman, Business Leader and Author

23rd - Jennifer M. Granholm - Powering Tomorrow Together: Uniting for a Clean Energy Future

September 30, 2025 | 5:30 pm
Jennifer M. Granholm, Former U.S. Energy Secretary and Governor of Michigan

22nd - Katharine Hayhoe - New Climate Solutions and Galvanizing for Action

April 24, 2024 | 5:00 pm
Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy

21st - Mary Robinson - Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience & the Fight for a Sustainable Future

March 13, 2023 | 6:00 pm
Mary Robinson: First woman President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

20th - Dr. Ayana Johnson - Expanding the Base for Climate Action and Social Justice

February 23, 2022 | 12:00 pm
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Urban Ocean Lab Co-Founder

19th - Gina McCarthy - A Casual Conversation: Just and Sustainable Climate Solutions

October 14, 2021 | 12:00 pm
Gina McCarthy, National Climate Advisor

18th - Naomi Klein - A Casual Conversation

March 10, 2021 | 7:00 pm
Naomi Klein

17th - Christiana Figueres - No Victory Without Optimism: Advancing Climate Action in 2019 and Beyond

March 14, 2019 | 5:00 pm
Christiana Figueres, Architect of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement; Former Executive Secretary, UNFCCC; Convener of Mission 2020

16th - Bill McKibben - Down to the Wire: A Hot Fight in a Hot World

October 05, 2017 | 5:00 pm
Bill McKibben

15th - Bill Clark - Pursuing Sustainability: Linking Science and Practice

September 29, 2016 | 5:00 pm
Dr. William Clark

14th - José Figueres - Beyond Fossil Fuels: Challenges and Opportunities of New Economic Reality

March 28, 2016 | 5:00 pm
José María Figueres

13th - Janine Benyus - Biomimicry and the Quest to Solve Global Challenges

March 31, 2014 | 5:00 pm
Janine Benyus, biologist and author of "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature"

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