Confronting Climate Change: Climate Science & Policy Annual Event

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    Heat: Climate Change and Human Health

    Watch video from the 2023 event.

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    2022: Local Impacts and Solutions

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    2021: Food Security In A Changing World

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    2019: Linking Science to Just Action

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    2018: Humans and Wild Ecosystems in a Hot World

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    View the 2018 program here.

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    2017: Changing Climate: Acting Now to Secure a Sustainable Future

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    2016: Earth's Climate Future: Uncharted Territory

    Watch videos from the 2016 conference here.

    View the 2016 program here.

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    View social media highlights here.

    Photo: Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of Energy (2009-2013) Steven Chu (left) with Dean of Social Sciences, Sheldon Kamieiniecki (right)
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    2015: "No Prospect of an End": Living With an Ever Changing Climate

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    View the 2015 program here.

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    Photo: Earth scientist Richard Alley (left) with Dean of Physical and Biological Sciences, Paul Koch (right)
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    2014: Climate Science and Policy through the Looking Glass

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