Panel Discussion: “Climate Change and Coronavirus”

Princeton professor Stephen Pacala, researcher Kian Mintz-Woo and environmental journalist Meera Subramanian will lead the online panel discussion “Climate Change and Coronavirus” at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, about the long-term environmental and ethical effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel will be held via Zoom — pre-registration is required to receive a link to the event.

The speakers will discuss topics such as rebuilding the economy in a more sustainable way and if an opportunity to shift away from fossil fuels exists; the ethical implications related to health for both climate change and COVID-19; and the role the media we consume plays in how we view both of these existential threats. The panel will include a short introduction from each speaker, followed by a Q&A session. More information on the speakers is below.

  • Stephen Pacala is Princeton’s Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and director of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative administered by PEI. Pacala chairs a National Academies effort to create alternative policies for implementing sustainable technologies and mitigating the adverse societal impacts of climate change, especially in light of the coronavirus epidemic.
  • Kian Mintz-Woo, a postdoctoral research associate in Princeton’s University Center for Human Values and lecturer in PEI, will talk about the social cost of carbon and why now, during the COVID-19 crisis, might be the best time to implement a price on carbon.
  • Meera Subramanian is the 2019-20 PEI Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities and an award-winning environmental journalist who writes about culture and the environment for newspapers and magazines worldwide.

This event is organized by the Princeton Environmental Activism Coalition and the Princeton Student Climate Initiative in recognition of Earth Day with co-sponsorship by PEI and the Pace Center for Civic Engagement.

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Panel Discussion: “Climate Change and Coronavirus”

Event Date

Fri, Apr 24, 2020 ・ 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Location

Online via Zoom

Category

Department

Princeton professor Stephen Pacala, researcher Kian Mintz-Woo and environmental journalist Meera Subramanian will lead the online panel discussion “Climate Change and Coronavirus” at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, about the long-term environmental and ethical effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel will be held via Zoom — pre-registration is required to receive a link to the event.

The speakers will discuss topics such as rebuilding the economy in a more sustainable way and if an opportunity to shift away from fossil fuels exists; the ethical implications related to health for both climate change and COVID-19; and the role the media we consume plays in how we view both of these existential threats. The panel will include a short introduction from each speaker, followed by a Q&A session. More information on the speakers is below.

  • Stephen Pacala is Princeton’s Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and director of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative administered by PEI. Pacala chairs a National Academies effort to create alternative policies for implementing sustainable technologies and mitigating the adverse societal impacts of climate change, especially in light of the coronavirus epidemic.
  • Kian Mintz-Woo, a postdoctoral research associate in Princeton’s University Center for Human Values and lecturer in PEI, will talk about the social cost of carbon and why now, during the COVID-19 crisis, might be the best time to implement a price on carbon.
  • Meera Subramanian is the 2019-20 PEI Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities and an award-winning environmental journalist who writes about culture and the environment for newspapers and magazines worldwide.

This event is organized by the Princeton Environmental Activism Coalition and the Princeton Student Climate Initiative in recognition of Earth Day with co-sponsorship by PEI and the Pace Center for Civic Engagement.