Presentations and
Guest Speakers
HPAC fequently hosts presentations by their members and other leading experts on a variety of global climate issues. Links to the presentation slides, references, and recordings for these sessions are available below.
Guest Speaker Recordings & References
David Spratt, Research Director at Breakthrough National Center for Climate Restoration, April 20th, 2023
Recording: Conversation with David Spratt
Dr. David Keith, Professor of Applied Physics and Public Policy at Harvard, Founder of Carbon Engineering, April 4, 2023
Recording: Conversation with Dr. David Keith
Zeke Hausfather, Climate Research Lead at Stripe, The Breakthrough Institute Senior Fellow, March 23 2023
Recording: Interview with Zeke Hausfather
Robert Chris, Researcher and Author, Systemic Factors influencing global climate policy; PhD, Philosophy
and Robert Tulip, Researcher and Author, Climate change solutions; Australian Agency for International Development, 1989-2017; Master’s Degree, Ethics and Ontology, HPAC Participants, March 9, 2023
Recording: Two Roberts Wrestle with Moral Hazards
Dr. Martha Schwartz, Research Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design, February 26, 2023
Recording: The Urban Landscape and The Future of Cities
Slides: Climate Change and the Urban Environment
Luke Iseman, Co-Founder, Make Sunsets, February 9, 2023
Recording: Make Sunsets Overview
Brad Ack, Chief Executive Officer, Ocean Visions, January 3, 2023
Recording: Advancing Solutions for Ocean-Climate Restoration
Dr. Shaun Fitzgerald OBE FREng, Director Centre for Climate Repair(CCRC), Cambridge, December 15, 2022
Recording: CCRC Climate Solutions Research Update
Slides: The Three "R's" of Climate Repair
BioChar: A Climate Solution? December 1, 2022
Recording: Expert BioChar Panel Discussion facilitated by Dr. Brian von Herzen
Slides: BioChar Herzt Summer Workshop
Peter Eisenberger, "Rapid Scaling of Equitable Climate Innovations" November 17, 2022
Recording: Rapid Scaling of Equitable Climate Innovations
Andrew Lockley, Research Associate, University College London , October 20, 2022
Recording: The Case for Geoengineering
Dr. Jesse Reynolds, Executive Secretary, The Climate Overshoot Commission, September 8, 2022
Recording: The Climate Overshoot Commission
Slides: Dr. Jesse Reynolds, Climate Overshoot Commission HPAC Presentation
Soumitra Das, President, Healthy Climate Initiative, August 5, 2022
Slides: Climate Benefit Concert for Saving the Himalayan Glaciers
Ye Tao, Founder & Director, MEER, April 21, 2022
Recording: Solar Radiation Management: Cooling the Planet with Surface Reflectors
Robert Tulip, Director, Iron Salt Aerosol, April 7, 2022
Slides: 1. Climate Arithmetic 2. Global Solutions 3. A Starting Point
David Mitchell, March 10, 2022
Slides: Can Cirrus Clouds Cool the Arctic?
Will Burns, Visiting Professor, Environmental Policy & Culture Program, Northwestern University
Recording: Climate Change Solutions Governance Issues
Brian Von Herzen, Executive Director, The Climate Foundation
Ron Baiman, Author and Associate Professor of Economics, Benedictine Univerity, March 5, 2022
Slides: Our Two Climate Crisis Challenge
References:
Our Two Climate Crises Challenge: Urgent Cooling and Long-Run GHG Removal & Ecological Regeneration, August 1, 2022
Bru Pearce, Author and Director of Management, Envisionation, February 2022
Slides: Envisionation: Biosphere Restoration Plan
Rafe Pomerance, Senior Arctic Policy Fellow, Woodwell Climate Research Center, December 16, 2021
Recording: A Conversation with Rafe Pomerance
References:
Herb Simmens, Author, September 29, 2021
Slides: Climate Restoration Through the Climate Quad