MIT Seminar: A Discussion about the State of Climate Science

Speakers:
Kerry Emanuel (MIT)
Steven Koonin (NYU)

Moderated by: John M. Deutch (MIT)

CEEPR is sponsoring a discussion between Professor Steven Koonin, of NYU, who recently published a book entitled Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters, and Professor Kerry Emanuel of MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences who has published a book, Climate Science and Climate Risk: A Primer.  
 
Professor Koonin and Professor Emanuel will each speak for twenty minutes followed by a discussion between the two speakers moderated by John Deutch, MIT Institute Professor Emeritus.  For the final twenty minutes, Professor Deutch will direct questions raised by members of the audience to the two speakers.
 
This is an MIT-Community event, and only MIT faculty, staff, students, and other MIT affiliates are welcome to attend. The venue location is large and would allow for attendees to spread out and seat themselves with ample physical distance between each other.
 
All MIT COVID-19 rules will be in place, and masks will be required to enter the room. Please register in advance to adhere to MIT’s in-person Event Policies and follow all instructions in the subsequent confirmation emails regarding Tim Ticket distribution and QR access codes. If possible, please plan on arriving at the lecture hall 10-15 minutes early, in order to be scanned into the room in a timely and orderly manner.

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