Talking Climate: When Facts are Not Enough

Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Cook Student Center

Rutgers University

Reception 5:00 PM

Public Lecture 6:00 PM

Event flyer here.



When we hear people objecting to climate change, they often use science-y or even religious-y sounding arguments. "It’s just a natural cycle," some say, or “it’s cold outside,” or "God is in control, so humans can’t affect something as big as our planet.” Yet these are smokescreens for the real objections, that have nothing to do with lack of information or knowledge or belief. Instead, our attitudes towards climate change are primarily the result of where we fall on the political spectrum, and our corresponding aversion to what we perceive to be solutions that are incompatible with our way of life, our political ideology, and our identity. How can we move past this impasse? Join Katharine Hayhoe as she identifies the barriers to climate action, and highlights the key role our values play in shaping our conversations on this crucial topic.

About Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe is an accomplished atmospheric scientist who studies climate change and why it matters to us here and now. She is also a remarkable communicator who has received the American Geophysical Union’s climate communication prize, the Stephen Schneider Climate Communication award, and been named to a number of lists including Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People and FORTUNE magazine’s world’s greatest leaders.

Katharine is currently a professor and directs the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University. She has a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Toronto and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Illinois.

Registration / Visitor Parking

Registration is strongly encouraged. Visitors to Rutgers who need parking must both register to attend and register their vehicle and may only park in Lots 76, 99C, or 99D on Cook Campus at Rutgers.

Directions and Map

Directions to Cook Student Center.

Map of Cook Student Center and Visitor Parking Areas.

Livestream Information

Watch the LIVESTREAM of this event beginning at 6:00 PM on February 26, 2019 at http://go.rutgers.edu/fj7w55ym; the livestream will be available beginning at 6:00 PM on the day of the event.

Password for the event: EphJ2c3m

Important: After you’ve joined the live stream, a box with audio options will appear. Select either “I Will Call In” which provides you with a telephone number to call and listen to the audio, or, select “Call Using Computer” to listen through your computer. If you don’t select anything, you won’t hear the audio.

If you are unable to be near your computer and wish to dial into the event using a phone line, the number is 1-650-429-3300 access code: 799 970 472

This event is sponsored by Rutgers Climate Institute; Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences; Eagleton Science and Policy Initiative; and the Rutgers University Science Communication Initiative.

