Past Forward: Climate Conversations Across Time

Welcome & Opening Remarks (5 minutes)

Caroline Attardo Genco, Provost and Senior Vice-President  

Cohort Introductions (30 minutes)
Cohort members provide brief “snapshots” of how their individual work explores, defines, or relates to the purpose and goals of the CCTS Climate Cluster.

• Jonah Bloch-Johnson
• Brandon McDonald
• Easwaran Narassimhan
• Khristopher Nicholas
• Lauryn Spearing*
• Emily Strasser

Roundtable Discussions: (30 minutes)

Topic 1: Climate and Disaster Resilience: Historical Lessons

• Erin Coughlan de Perez (Friedman) with cohort member Brandon McDonald (Classics)

Topic 2:  Policy and Applied Approaches to Climate Resilience
Karen Jacobson (Fletcher), with cohort member Khristopher Nicholas (Friedman)

Topic 3: Teaching the Conflict: Pedagogical Approaches to Climate Change
Patrick Forber (Philosophy) with Jonah Bloch-Johnson (Earth and Climate Sciences)

Topic 4: The Narrative Challenge of the Climate Crisis
Julian Agyeman (UEP) with cohort member Emily Strasser (English)

Topic 5: Paths Forward for Sustainable and Just Climate Technology Innovation and Adoption
Eric Hines (SOE) with cohort member Lauryn Spearing*/ and Easwaran Narassimhan (Fletcher)

Closing & Next Steps (20 minutes)

Report back (3 min per table)

Next steps: (3 min)

Open Networking & Refreshments (40 minutes)

*On Leave Fall ‘25