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Official Climate Week NYC events calendar

From Science to Solutions: Breakthroughs for a Changing Planet

Meenakshi Wadhwa
David Victor
Peter Prengaman
Event by: UC San Diego
Event format
In-person
Event duration
2 hours
Language
English
UC San Diego comes to New York Climate Week to lead a conversation on achieving societal breakthroughs in climate policy, decarbonization, the energy transition, technology-enabled climate solutions and more. Featuring expertise on public policy, engineering, and the latest state of climate science and solutions, this event will explore what it takes to deliver scientific and political breakthroughs on one of the most challenging global issues of our time. And with a super-size El Niño already impacting the planet, offering a glimpse into a future with more extreme weather, will it mark a turning point for how science and society respond? Featuring: - Meenakshi Wadhwa, Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences at UC San Diego and Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography - David Victor, Distinguished Professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy; Director, Deep Decarbonization Initiative; Adjunct Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Moderated by Peter Prengaman, Global Climate and Environmental News Director for The Associated Press