Webinar: How Sustainable is Our Global Climate Ethos

Originally aired June 8, 2017

Building on decades of work across sectors and nations, has a shared global climate ethos — a sense of collective commitment and common purpose — reached a tipping point? Co-hosted by SSF and Arizona State University, this 90-minute session convenes global governance, business, science, policy, and faith leaders to explore the depth and breadth of that ethos and examine how moral, scientific, and political imperatives can find common ground to drive climate action across sectors and societies.

Speakers

Elisabeth Graffy (Moderator)

Professor of Practice, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University

Elisabeth Graffy is a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes. She co-directs the Energy and Society program within ASU-LightWorks, founded the Spirituality and Sustainability Initiative, and co-leads the Environmental Humanities Initiative — exploring how values, culture, and governance shape societal responses to climate change.

Janos Pasztor

Executive Director, Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative (C2G2); Former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Change

Janos Pasztor is a Carnegie Council Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative. He has over 35 years of experience in energy, environment, climate change, and sustainable development. He previously served as UN Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Change under Ban Ki-moon, directed the UNSG’s Climate Change Support Team, and led the executive secretariat of the UNSG’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability.

Katharine Hayhoe

Professor of Political Science & Director, Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University; CEO, ATMOS Research

Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist and Professor of Political Science at Texas Tech University, where she directs the Climate Science Center. She is the CEO of ATMOS Research and one of the most effective science communicators in America — known for her ability to reach audiences across the political spectrum on climate change, and for her research on the regional and local impacts of climate change on human systems and the natural environment.

Alice C. Hill

Research Fellow, Hoover Institution; Former Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Resilience Policy, National Security Council

Alice C. Hill is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution focusing on building resilience to catastrophic events, including climate change impacts. She previously served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Resilience Policy at the National Security Council, where she led the development of national policy on climate change and national security, international development, Arctic strategy, drought resilience, and risk management standards for natural hazards.