Join us Tuesday, May 10, at 12 p.m. CT for a conversation with Daniel Cohan, atmospheric scientist and associate professor of environmental engineering at Rice University, as he discusses his new book, Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future. Raj Mankad, Op-Ed Editor at the Houston Chronicle, will moderate the discussion.
Cohan argues that escaping the gravest perils of climate change will first require American diplomacy, technological innovation, and policy to catalyze decarbonization globally. Combining his expertise with insights from more than a hundred interviews with diplomats, scholars, and clean-technology pioneers, Cohan identifies flaws in previous efforts to combat climate change.
He highlights opportunities for more successful strategies, including international “climate clubs” and accelerated development of clean energy technologies. Grounded in history and emerging scholarship, Cohan offers a forward-looking vision of solutions to confronting climate gridlock and a clear-eyed recognition of the challenges to enacting them.
When
Tuesday, May 10
12 to 1 p.m. CT
Daniel Cohan is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University and a faculty fellow in the Baker Institute’s Center for Energy Studies. He served as a Fulbright Scholar to Australia, received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and is an author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications. His book, Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, & Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future, is published by Yale University Press.
Raj Mankad is the op-ed editor at the Houston Chronicle. He believes in making room at the table for voices from across the political spectrum and all our diversity. It’s a job he was born to do. At least that’s what he tells himself when trying to make sense of growing up South Asian in Alabama and Kentucky and never feeling like he belonged anywhere until he moved to Houston 20 years ago.
He has a PhD from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program and has edited and written for publications that specialize in economics, philosophy, literature, architecture, science and health.