In this episode of Globus we spoke with Dr. Sherilee Harper: a Canada Research Chair in Climate Change and Health and an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta.

Her research investigates associations between climate and indigenous health in the context of climate change, and she collaborates with diverse partners to prioritize climate-related health actions, planning, interventions, and research. She is a Lead Author on the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6-WG2), and served on the IPCC Gender Task Group as well.

In this episode, we spoke about the latest IPCC report, COP26, and the different impacts of climate change on indigenous communities.

Afreen Siddiqi is a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)  and a visiting scholar at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. She has an S.B. in Mechanical Engineering, an S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Systems, all from MIT.

In past work, she has developed approaches for studying couplings between water, energy, and food security, formulated adaptive decision frameworks for infrastructure planning, created methods for assessing new urban infrastructure, and developed methods for identifying opportunities for coordinating resource use.

In this episode, we speak about some of her recent analytical work, the role that scientists play in sustainability, and how we can all be more proactive about using our strengths to help the climate change cause

We spoke with Sandra Winther and William Crouse this week about their film Lowland Kids. The film tackles the subject of climate change through the eyes of two American teenagers in the Isle de Jean Charles community of southern Louisiana.

Watch Lowland Kids here.

In our second episode, we were thrilled to be joined by Devi Lockwood. We talked about the substance of powerful stories, the delicacy and strength of human psychology in pursuing a goal, and how storytelling is an integral part of combatting the climate crisis.

You can buy Devi’s book from Simon and Schuster and learn more at devi-lockwood.com.

Jeffrey Sachs joins us on our inaugural episode to discuss the climate change, where leadership needs to be, and what sustainable development is.

Learn more at jeffsachs.org