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A Four-Zero Climate Solution

Nov 13 2018 - 6:30pm

Stabilizing the climate will require going for big zeroes - a zero-carbon grid, zero-emission vehicles, zero-net energy buildings and zero-waste manufacturing. Achieving these audacious goals will require dramatically remaking the way we get around, operate buildings, and make products. Will these net-zero visions require massive technological breakthroughs, or deployment of existing technologies? Is there a shortage or a surplus of funding to power these opportunities - and where should it be directed to maximize impact?

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Mind Over Chatter: Exploring Climate Psychology

Nov 29 2018 - 6:30pm

Human psychology is one of the biggest obstacles to greater understanding and action on climate. Perhaps the climate issue is too closely associated with the faces of polar bears rather than humans when climate is a profoundly human story. It touches on our deepest fears and desires whether we recognize it or suppress it. Research and practice in psychology is advancing guidance on how to understand and talk about climate change, and how not to talk about it. A hint – getting angry and trying to change people’s minds is not the answer. The keys are genuine listening and empathy.

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Going Carbon Negative

Dec 6 2018 - 6:30pm

The math is clear: lowering greenhouse gas emissions is not enough to keep the earth below 1.5 degrees Celsius of post-industrial warming. The latest science states that actively removing carbon from the atmosphere — storing it in rocks, soil, trees, and even turning it into products like concrete — is critical to restore the carbon and energy balance. To keep our planet from dangerous levels of warming, we’ll need to go carbon negative.

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The Eighth Annual Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication

Jan 22 2019 - 6:30pm

Join us for a special evening honoring Katharine Hayhoe with the Stephen Schneider Award at The Commonwealth Club. Established in honor of Stephen Henry Schneider, one of the founding fathers of climatology who died suddenly in 2010, the $15,000 award recognizes a natural or social scientist who has made extraordinary scientific contributions and communicated that knowledge to a broad public in a clear and compelling fashion.

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