Climate Change is Disrupting Everything (But We Can Help Stop It)
April 10, 2024, 11:00 AM
Tin Shed Theater
N 3rd Ave, Patagonia, AZ 85624
Tin Shed Theater
N 3rd Ave, Patagonia, AZ 85624
Join us for a talk about climate change with Dr. Terry Root on Wednesday, April 10 at 11 AM at the Tin Shed Theater in Patagonia.
2023 was the warmest year since global records began in 1850. Our rapidly changing climate greatly affects millions of people and countless animals and plants around the globe. The changes include extreme heat waves, record-low temperatures in the US due to polar vortices, severe droughts, extreme floods, extensive wildfires, and longer, hotter summers. Unless we slow the rapid warming soon, the millions of people affected will become billions of people suffering due to escalating climate disruption.
During this discussion, learn more about efforts to slow down the effects of our changing climate, including the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which provides $339 billion to fight rapid warming. Discover how individuals, cities, counties, and states can leverage various IRA programs to collectively and individually reduce the emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
Suggested donation: $10-$15. Light refreshments available.
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Terry L. Root is a Professor Emerita at Stanford University. She was the lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change 4th Assessment Report, which was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President Al Gore in 2007. She was also a lead author for the 3rd Assessment Report (2001) and a Review Editor for the 5th Assessment Report (2014). In addition to other honors, Root was awarded the Spirit of Defenders Award for Science by Defenders of Wildlife in 2010 and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 for the conservation organization Point Blue. She served on the National Audubon Board of Directors from 2010 to 2019, currently serves on the boards of Defenders of Wildlife and Birds Caribbean, and is on numerous science advisory boards, including the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute.
Root earned her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of New Mexico, her master's degree in biology from the University of Colorado, and her doctorate in Biology from Princeton University. She was a professor at the University of Michigan for half her career and then at Stanford University for the other half. Now, she frequently gives talks around the US on climate change, plastics, and wildlife.
2023 was the warmest year since global records began in 1850. Our rapidly changing climate greatly affects millions of people and countless animals and plants around the globe. The changes include extreme heat waves, record-low temperatures in the US due to polar vortices, severe droughts, extreme floods, extensive wildfires, and longer, hotter summers. Unless we slow the rapid warming soon, the millions of people affected will become billions of people suffering due to escalating climate disruption.
During this discussion, learn more about efforts to slow down the effects of our changing climate, including the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which provides $339 billion to fight rapid warming. Discover how individuals, cities, counties, and states can leverage various IRA programs to collectively and individually reduce the emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
Suggested donation: $10-$15. Light refreshments available.
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Terry L. Root is a Professor Emerita at Stanford University. She was the lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change 4th Assessment Report, which was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President Al Gore in 2007. She was also a lead author for the 3rd Assessment Report (2001) and a Review Editor for the 5th Assessment Report (2014). In addition to other honors, Root was awarded the Spirit of Defenders Award for Science by Defenders of Wildlife in 2010 and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 for the conservation organization Point Blue. She served on the National Audubon Board of Directors from 2010 to 2019, currently serves on the boards of Defenders of Wildlife and Birds Caribbean, and is on numerous science advisory boards, including the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute.
Root earned her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of New Mexico, her master's degree in biology from the University of Colorado, and her doctorate in Biology from Princeton University. She was a professor at the University of Michigan for half her career and then at Stanford University for the other half. Now, she frequently gives talks around the US on climate change, plastics, and wildlife.