ONLINE EVENT: Climate, Environment, and the Politics of Public Trust

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ONLINE EVENT: Climate, Environment, and the Politics of Public Trust

April 22, 2020
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
America/New_York
Online Event
This online, multidisciplinary panel will focus on the politics of science, consensus, and evidence-building relating to environmental and climate debates. Panelists will discuss how public trust relating to climate change and pollution has been constituted, eroded, and subverted by corporations and environmental agencies in the U.S., and what kinds of changes to our policies, politics, and communication may help to rebuild trust in our governmental agencies and institutions of science and medicine. Speakers: Michael Gerrard Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School Mona Hanna-Attisha Founder and Director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative Adam Sobel Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University Moderator: David Rosner Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Free and open to the public; registration is required via Eventbrite. An event link will be provided to all registered attendees. Co-sponsored by the Center for Science and Society and The Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Contact Information

Jozef Sulik
212-854-0666