Project Drawdown 6d ago

Join Jonathan Foley, Ph.D, Executive Director of Project Drawdown, for a conversation with renowned climate scientist and communicator, Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D. From attacks on climate science by the current administration to the faltering of international climate negotiations and the rise of disinformation, the past few years have presented unprecedented challenges for everyone working on advancing science-based climate solutions. Katharine and Jon discuss what it takes to connect across differences, how to communicate climate science with accuracy and empathy, and where in the world to look for meaningful action. Their conversation unpacks many common misconceptions about climate solutions. Plus they discuss why breaking the “climate silence” and imagining a better future is so essential, and why and how we talk about climate change may matter just as much as the science itself. After watching and listening to this conversation between two of the titans in the world of climate science and solutions, you’ll come away equipped and inspired with new insights into how to catalyze change. ----- KEY LINKS Subscribe to Katharine’s Talking Climate newsletter here: https://www.talkingclimate.ca/ Subscribe to Project Drawdown’s newsletter here: https://drawdown.org/newsletter You can find Katharine’s podcast “Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe” on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or on her website here: https://talkingclimate.buzzsprout.com/ Read about the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication’s Six Key Truths here: https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/for-educators/six-key-truths/ Study on the behavioural science of how to talk about climate change to catalyze change: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-03-19/how-to-talk-about-climate-change-and-the-problem-with-doomerism/ UK National Emergency Briefing: https://www.nebriefing.org/ 50 states, 50 fixes: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/climate/50-states-fixes.html Study on urban greening and inflammation: https://www.nature.org/en-us/magazine/magazine-articles/tree-planting-human-health-louisville/ Katharine’s newsletter on climate education in New Jersey: https://www.talkingclimate.ca/p/the-escalating-human-cost-of-a-warming?utm_source=publication-search Katharine’s newsletter focused on climate and AI: https://www.talkingclimate.ca/p/when-ai-hurts-the-climateand-when?utm_source=publication-search For more on the head, heart and hands; and how to have constructive conversations and practice hope like an Olympic discipline, check out the book Saving Us: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Saving-Us/Katharine-Hayhoe/9781982143848 Katharine mentioned this article about Christianity and fossil fuels: https://www.jezebel.com/how-fossil-fuel-money-made-climate-denial-the-word-of-g-1797466298 For more on the Bible and climate change, Katharine has a Global Weirding episode on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpjL_otLq6Y Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit: https://www.rebeccasolnit.net/books.html If you are worried about climate change and want to make a difference, here is one place to start: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu4YUJYO78Q/ The new and improved SHIFT website guides your climate action journey: https://jointheshift.earth/