Originally aired April 2022
In this 90-minute educational lecture, Dr. Karim Ahmed — a planetary health scientist with over five decades at the forefront of science and policy — presents the data and insights on how humanity arrived at this unprecedented moment in history. Drawing on work advising the EPA, DOE, NIH, WHO, World Bank, and United Nations agencies, Dr. Ahmed examines what must be done urgently to disrupt the current path, with particular attention to the globalized economy and the widening inequities between rich and poor nations.
Dr. Karim Ahmed
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor, Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE)Dr. Karim Ahmed has been at the forefront of planetary health science and policy for over five decades. He is co-founder of the Global Council for Science and the Environment and has served as advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, National Academy of Sciences, National Science Foundation, United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organization, and the World Bank.
Michelle Wyman (Facilitator)
Executive Director, Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE)Michelle Wyman serves as Executive Director of the Global Council for Science and the Environment, where she oversees the organization’s mission to strengthen the scientific foundations for environmental decision-making. She facilitated this session and fielded questions from the audience.
