The Existential Crisis: Climate Change is Here
with Dr. Michael E. Mann
Renowned Climate Scientist
Moderated by Ana Cabrera
thursday, October 12th 5:30 - 7:00 pm ET
In-person, LighT refreshments, NYC TBA
Dinner to follow (ONLY Executive members and above)
Amidst record-breaking high temperatures, powerful storms, and the hottest month ever recorded worldwide, what insights does the eminent climate scientist, acclaimed author, and creator behind the iconic "hockey-stick" have to say? The Common Good is honored to welcome Dr. Michael E. Mann to discuss the deep-seated consequences of climate change and the pivotal role it plays in shaping our shared future.
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About Our Speaker
Dr. Michael E. Mann is a distinguished climate scientist, author, and prominent expert in climate research. He is the Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He is director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media (PCSSM).
Mann made Bloomberg News' list of fifty most influential people in 2013. He has received many honors and awards, too numerous to mention all here but including selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. He was named Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association in 2023. He contributed, with other IPCC authors, to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union in 2012 and was awarded the National Conservation Achievement Award for science by the National Wildlife Federation in 2013. He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2020. He received the Leo Szilard Award of the American Physical Society in 2021.
Among his other awards and recognitions: In 2014, he was named Highly Cited Researcher by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and received the Friend of the Planet Award from the National Center for Science Education. He received the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication from Climate One in 2017, the Award for Public Engagement with Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018 and the Climate Communication Prize from the American Geophysical Union in 2018. In 2019 he received the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement and in 2020 he received the World Sustainability Award of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation. He also received NOAA's outstanding publication award in 2002.
He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, the Geological Society of America, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is also a co-founder of the award-winning science website RealClimate.org. Dr. Mann was a Lead Author on the Observed Climate Variability and Change chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report in 2001 and was the organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science in 2003.
Dr. Mann is the author of six books and more than 200 peer-reviewed and edited publications, numerous op-eds and commentaries.
Moderator
Emmy-award winning journalist Ana Cabrera serves as anchor of MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports” weekdays at 10amET.
Cabrera delivers the latest breaking news and brings expert in-the-field reporting on the day’s most important stories to viewers, paired with interviews and discussions with newsmakers, journalists, thought leaders, and more.
An award-winning journalist and anchor with more than two decades of experience, Cabrera has reported from across the globe on major domestic and international news stories including the Ferguson, Mo. protests, the Canadian parliament shooting, and North Korea prisoner Kenneth Bae’s return to the U.S.
Prior to joining MSNBC, Cabrera served as an anchor and national correspondent at CNN. She hosted two presidential town halls and was first to interview former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley following an historic vote on North Korea sanctions.
She has been recognized with numerous accolades, including a regional Emmy for her in-the-field anchoring of Colorado’s High Park Fire in 2012 and the “Outstanding Television Anchor” impact award by the National Hispanic Media Coalition “for her continued advocacy for the Latino community and for her presence as the first Latina to have her own show on a major cable network.”
Before joining CNN, Cabrera was an anchor at KMGH, the ABC affiliate, in Denver. Between 2005 and 2009, Cabrera was an anchor and reporter at NBC affiliate KHQ and FOX affiliate KAYU in Spokane, Washington. She began her broadcasting career as an intern for Denver’s CBS affiliate KCNC and KMGH.
Cabrera graduated summa cum laude from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University with degrees in Communication, and Foreign Languages and Cultures. She currently serves on the Murrow Professional Advisory Board at her alma mater, and in 2019, was inducted into the Murrow College “Hall of Achievement.”
Relating Reading:
“One Man's Quest to Heal the Oceans—And Maybe Save the World.” (Aryn Baker, TIME)
“This heatwave is a climate omen. But it’s not too late to change course” (Michael Mann and Susan Joy Hassol, The Guardian)
“Extreme Heat, Floods, Fire: Was Summer 2023 the New Normal?” (Joseph Pisani and Jennifer Calfas, Wall Street Journal)
“This summer is what climate change looks like, scientists say.” (Zia Weise and Giovanna Coi, Politico)
“Warming Set the Stage for Canada’s Record Fires, Study Finds” (Raymond Zhong, The New York Times)
