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Mary Hoff
Communication & Outreach Manager
Storytelling Q&A
2021-03-31
See Change Sessions
2021-03-24
We need four waves of climate action
Every climate solution works differently, unfolding at different speeds. We’ll need them all, traveling in four parallel waves, to stop climate change.
Addressing climate change is going to be a race against time. Already we have delayed too long, and now we don’t have a moment to lose.
Marshall Shepherd, PhD
Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geography, University of Georgia
Shepherd is a leading international expert in weather and climate and the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geography at the University of Georgia. He is the host of The Weather Channel’s award-winning Sunday talk show and podcast Weather Geeks, and a contributor to Forbes Magazine. Shepherd is a former NASA scientist and winner of numerous awards, including the prestigious AMS Helmut Landsberg Award for pioneering significant work in urban climate. Shepherd is frequently sought as an expert on weather, climate, and remote sensing—he routinely appears on leading broadcast programs around the world. Follow him on Twitter and visit his website.
Hear more about equitable climate action in Unit 1, which covers 50 years of stunning change—from food demand, water, population, ocean health, and beyond.