2018 Globethics.net Webcast Series - Gernot Wagner 2-20-2018

Climate Shock: It’s not over ‘til the fat tail zings
Presented by
Gernot Wagner, Ph.D.
Financial Times Prize-winning author
Research Associate and lecturer
Environmental Science and Public Policy
Harvard School of Engineering & Science

Today's Keynote Speaker is Gernot Wagner, Ph.D. Dr. Wagner is a research associate at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, a lecturer on Environmental Science and Public Policy, the executive director of Harvard’s Solar Geoengineering Research Program, an associate at the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at Harvard's Kennedy School, and an associate at the Harvard University Center for the Environment.

Two years ago, Gernot wrote "Climate Shock," with Harvard’s Martin Weitzman, which became a Top 15 Financial Times McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015.Gernot teaches “Climate Policy—Past, Present, and Future” at Harvard College. Previously he taught energy economics at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. And, he served as economist at the Environment Defense Fund.

Dr Wagner's presentation begins at 6:23 minutes.

The panel discussion begins at 37:27

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The Loss of Biodiversity

Our dramatic illustrated reading of Pope Francis' environmental encyclical Laudato Si, Chapter 1, Section III Loss of Biodiversity begins at 46:56

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