Tentative Program
The full program will be published before the event, with updates leading up to the event date.
The program starts at 8:30 am Eastern Daylight Time (US) or:
5:30 am Pacific Time (US)
1.30 pm British Summer Time (UK)
2.30 pm Central European Time (Paris, Rome, Madrid)
3.30 pm East Africa Time (Nairobi, Kampala, Dar es Salaam)
8.30 pm Singapore/Philippines Standard Time
11.30 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (Canberra)
Each day’s program will be 2.5 hours.
DAY 1
Conference Overview and Outcomes Expected
Dr. Dennis Garrity, Chair, Health Planet Action Coalition (HPAC)
Introduction
The Accelerated Global Heating Emergency
How much is global heating accelerating?
Dr. Leon Simons, Climate and Energy Researcher and Communicator
Why is global heating accelerating?
Dr. James Hansen, Climatologist and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's Earth Institute
We passed the 1.5°C climate threshold: We must now explore extreme options
Sir David King, Founder and Chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group
The climate emergency is a race we are losing, but it is a race we can win
Mr. Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
Moderated Panel Discussion
What Happens If We Fail to Avert 2°C?
The risks of triggering multiple feedback and tipping points
Dr. Tim Lenton, Professor of Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter
What are the global impacts and levels of suffering expected at 2°C?
Moderated panel discussion
DAY 2
How Do We Avert 2°C by 2040? What’s The Plan?
How much emissions reduction can be expected by 2040? What effect would that have on averting 2°C?
(Speaker to be determined)
How much greenhouse gas removal can be expected by 2040? What effect would that amount of removals have on averting 2°C?
Dr. Stephen Smith, Lead Author of the State of Carbon Removal Report
How much albedo enhancement can be expected by 2040? What effect would that have on averting 2°C?
Deploying Stratospheric Aerosol Injection
Dr. Doug MacMartin, Professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University
A plausible pathway to deployment
Mr. Wake Smith, Climate Researcher, Author, and Adjunct Professor at Yale and Harvard
Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening
Prof. Hugh Hunt, Professor of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Deploying other near-term cooling methods
Dr. Ron Baiman, Climate Cooling Researcher
Moderated panel discussion including Andy Parker, Founder and CEO at The Degrees Initiative
Building a coalition of climate-vulnerable countries
Mr. Pascal Lamy, Chair, Overshoot Commission
Why we need a new climate plan
Dr. Mike MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs at the Climate Institute
Developing a new integrated climate plan that averts 2°C by 2040
Deploying a New Climate Plan
Next Steps
Summary and Closing Remarks