Saturday, October 16th, 2021
Special Edition: Climate Crisis in a Divided World
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Climate change has become one of the most divisive political issues facing America. It didn’t use to be this way. Gallup surveys show in the late 90s, about half of both Republicans and Democrats believed we were already seeing the effects of global warming and many in both parties also blamed human activity.
But opinions have become more and more divided over the last two decades. What happened? We’re talking about it with renowned climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe.
She says it was her faith as an evangelical Christian that first inspired her to focus on climate change as a career and later to write the new book “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World.” She doesn’t shy away from saying climate change is real. But she also focuses on finding common ground and calls on all political parties to pitch in with possible solutions.
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Guest: Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D.
Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding what climate change means for people and the places where we live. She is the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a Horn Distinguished Professor and Endowed Professor of Public Policy and Public Law in the Dept. of Political Science at Texas Tech University.
Her book, “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World,” was released in September 2021 and she also hosts the PBS digital series Global Weirding, currently in its fifth season. Katharine has been named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People, the United Nations Champion of the Environment and the World Evangelical Alliance’s Climate Ambassador.
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