Katharine Hayhoe in Conversation with Paul Beckwith - At COP15 in Montréal
Katharine Hayhoe, who is a Canadian atmospheric scientist, chief scientist for the Nature Conservancy, and a distinguished professor in the political science department of Texas Tech University, joins Paul Beckwith in a discussion that took place at the recent United Nations CBD-COP15 event in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
This video was recorded on December 16th, 2022 and published on January 14th, 2022.
Some of the topics discussed:
- Climate anxiety and strategies to deal with it and what gives Katharine cause for hope.
- How we hold the future in our hands and if we allow ourselves to be overwhelmed on a regular basis such that we don’t do anything about the climate and biodiversity situation, the worst case scenario will happen. But if we fight with everything we have for that small chance of a better future, that fight is what will give us that chance.
- The examples from the work of the Nature Conservancy.
- Developments in the measurement of biodiversity through DNA samples collected from water and on land and its benefits in terms of our understanding of life on our Planet.
- A very helpful analogy is described of the atmospheric predicament we face, which was created by our greenhouse gas emissions, and how it helps to clarify what actions must be taken.
- How the urgency of our situation with respect to climate change necessitates the need to improve scientific communication in terms of facilitating access to scientific information in poorer countries who lack the financial means and how this sharing can provide a catalyst for change.
- The need to use information from trusted sources, but also who are telling compelling stories that connect our heads to our hearts, to our hands.
- How all of us have stories to tell about how climate change is affecting us if we open our eyes to it.
- And much more . . .
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Special Guest:
- Katharine Hayhoe - Canadian atmospheric scientist, chief scientists for the Nature Conservancy, and a distinguished professor in the political science department of Texas Tech University.
Regular Panelist:
- Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University
Video Production:
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Charles Gregoire - Climate Reality Leader, Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum
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Heidi Brault - Climate Reality Leader, BA(Psychology), Library & Information Technician Diploma - Video production and website assistant - Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP28 Team Lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum.
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