Andrew Sharpless has led Oceana since 2003 as its Chief Executive Officer. Under his leadership, Oceana and its allies have protected nearly 4 million square miles of habitat and won more than 250 significant policy victories that will rebuild ocean abundance, restore biodiversity, and help to feed the world.

 has led Oceana since 2003 as its chief executive officer. Under his leadership, Oceana and its allies have protected nearly 4 million square miles of habitat and won more than 250 significant policy victories that will rebuild ocean abundance, restore biodiversity, and help to feed the world.

Andy Sharpless

Liz Havstad is the Executive Director of Hip Hop Caucus and has more than fifteen years of experience building a broad, intersectional climate movement. With a focus on recentering the climate narrative to its rightful place as a people-driven justice movement, Liz has led grassroots, grasstops, and electoral strategies for climate justice, and envisioned innovative climate justice content, executive producing "Ain't Your Mama's Heat Wave," a standup comedy special on the climate crisis, and executive producing 'the album HOME' the soundtrack to the 2014 People's Climate March, featuring Common, NE-YO, Elle Varner, Crystal Waters, Raheem DeVaughn, and more.

 is the Executive Director of Hip Hop Caucus and has more than fifteen years of experience building a broad, intersectional climate movement. With a focus on recentering the climate narrative to its rightful place as a people-driven justice movement, Liz has led grassroots, grasstops, and electoral strategies for climate justice, and envisioned innovative climate justice content, executive producing "Ain't Your Mama's Heat Wave," a standup comedy special on the climate crisis, and executive producing 'the album HOME' the soundtrack to the 2014 People's Climate March, featuring Common, NE-YO, Elle Varner, Crystal Waters, Raheem DeVaughn, and more.

Liz Havstad

Quinn is the founder, writer, and host at Important, Not Important, the critically-acclaimed newsletter and podcast. From climate to COVID, and AI ethics to agriculture, he takes you through what’s happening in the world, how to think about it, and what you can do about it. It’s science for people who give a shit.

 is the founder, writer, and host at Important, Not Important, the critically-acclaimed newsletter and podcast. From climate to COVID, and AI ethics to agriculture, he takes you through what’s happening in the world, how to think about it, and what you can do about it. It’s science for people who give a shit.

Quinn Emmett

Co-founded in 2005 by Robert Redford and his son James Redford, The Redford Center is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of storytelling to galvanize environmental justice and planetary health by investing in projects that advance solutions and inspire hope.

The Redford Center

Mike McHargue is a world builder, story architect, and science advisor who elevates stories for high-profile media companies and brands. He’s a cofounder of Quantum Spin Studios, the communications and production company that helped Marvel expand the MCU into a multiverse.

 is a world builder, story architect, and science advisor who elevates stories for high-profile media companies and brands. He specializes in transforming complex topics into entertaining stories. Mike lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Jenny, and his daughters, Madison and Macey.

Mike McHargue

Leila Salazar-Lopez (she/ella/ela) is a mother; proud Chicana-Latina woman; and passionate defender of Mother Earth, the Amazon, Indigenous rights and climate justice. Since 2015 she has served as the Executive Director of Amazon Watch, leading the organization in its work to protect and defend the bio-cultural and climate integrity of the Amazon rainforest in solidarity with Indigenous peoples.


 (she/ella/ela) is a mother; proud Chicana-Latina woman; and passionate defender of Mother Earth, the Amazon, Indigenous rights and climate justice. Since 2015 she has served as the Executive Director of Amazon Watch, leading the organization in its work to protect and defend the bio-cultural and climate integrity of the Amazon rainforest in solidarity with Indigenous peoples.


Leila Salazar-Lopez

Amy Westervelt is an award-winning investigative journalist and executive producer of the independent podcast production company Critical Frequency, which specializes in reported narrative podcasts. In addition to her investigative work for 

and NPR, Amy's investigative climate podcast

 was the first narrative climate podcast and is the most downloaded climate podcast; it was awarded the Online News Association award for excellence in audio journalism, iHeartRadio award for best "green" podcast, and Covering Climate Now's award for excellence in audio journalism.

 is an award-winning investigative journalist and executive producer of the independent podcast production company Critical Frequency, which specializes in reported narrative podcasts. In addition to her investigative work for 

Amy Westervelt

Antha Williams leads the environment program at Bloomberg Philanthropies, supporting environmental initiatives to improve the sustainability of cities around the world, to accelerate the transition to clean energy, to combat overfishing and protect coral reefs, and to help businesses and investors better understand climate-related risks. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ environment program also serves as the hub of Michael Bloomberg’s personal efforts to combat climate change, including in his role as United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions.

 leads the environment program at Bloomberg Philanthropies, supporting environmental initiatives to improve the sustainability of cities around the world, to accelerate the transition to clean energy, to combat overfishing and protect coral reefs, and to help businesses and investors better understand climate-related risks. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ environment program also serves as the hub of Michael Bloomberg’s personal efforts to combat climate change, including in his role as United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions.

Antha Williams

Judith Enck is an expert on plastic pollution issues. She enjoys a long and distinguished career, inside and outside government. She served in top government positions in state and federal government including appointed EPA Regional Administrator by President Obama and currently is President of Beyond Plastics and a Visiting Professor at Bennington College.

 is an expert on plastic pollution issues. She enjoys a long and distinguished career, inside and outside government. She served in top government positions in state and federal government including appointed EPA Regional Administrator by President Obama and currently is President of Beyond Plastics and a Visiting Professor at Bennington College.

Judith Enck

Lynne Quarmby is a professor and research scientist currently focused on the climate-sensitive and climate-influencing snow algae microbiome, known as "watermelon snow." She is a climate activist and the author of Watermelon Snow: Science, Art, and a Lone Polar Bear.

 is a professor and research scientist currently focused on the climate-sensitive and climate-influencing snow algae microbiome, known as "watermelon snow." She is a climate activist and the author of Watermelon Snow: Science, Art, and a Lone Polar Bear.

Dr. Lynne Quarmby

I’m a marine & earth system scientist originally from Brazil but now living the dream in SoCal where I am a PhD Candidate studying climate and global change (yep, just like Kate Dibiasky, lol). When I’m not in the lab (at the University of California, Irvine) or traveling around to do fieldwork (as a Future Investigator in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology, aka FINESST), I volunteer with local NGOs, go to climate protests, geek out over #SolarPunk, write and read poems, film and edit videos, and leverage my background as educator and policy expert to give talks about climate solutions and about how scientists and activists could do a better job at communicating the urgency of the climate crisis to the general public.

is a marine & earth system scientist originally from Brazil but now living the dream in SoCal where I am a PhD Candidate studying climate and global change (yep, just like Kate Dibiasky, lol). When I’m not in the lab (at the University of California, Irvine) or traveling around to do fieldwork (as a Future Investigator in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology, aka FINESST), I volunteer with local NGOs, go to climate protests, geek out over #SolarPunk, write and read poems, film and edit videos, and leverage my background as educator and policy expert to give talks about climate solutions and about how scientists and activists could do a better job at communicating the urgency of the climate crisis to the general public.

Joana Flor Tavares

Mark has served as Executive Director of C40 Cities since December 2013, during which time the organisation has grown from 63 to 96 of world's greatest cities, and from 40 to over 250 staff across the globe. From inception, C40’s mission has been to be a high ambition leadership group, driving the world to avoid a climate crisis through the actions and leadership of the mayors of the world’s leading cities.

 has served as Executive Director of C40 Cities since December 2013, during which time the organisation has grown from 63 to 96 of world's greatest cities, and from 40 to over 250 staff across the globe. From inception, C40’s mission has been to be a high ambition leadership group, driving the world to avoid a climate crisis through the actions and leadership of the mayors of the world’s leading cities.

Mark Watts

Leslie has 30 years of environmental justice, voting and civil rights policy and legal experience, I direct the federal/state policy, legal, labor, and democracy programs of the Sierra Club.

 has 30 years of environmental justice, voting and civil rights policy and legal experience, I direct the federal/state policy, legal, labor, and democracy programs of the Sierra Club.

Leslie Fields

Kate Marvel is a climate scientist and writer. She uses climate models, satellite observations, and paleoclimate data to study climate change past, present, and future.

 is a climate scientist and writer. She uses climate models, satellite observations, and paleoclimate data to study climate change past, present, and future.

Dr. Kate Marvel

Sarah Eagle Heart is an Emmy award winning social justice storyteller and member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. Sarah utilizes her experience growing up on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to share and translate Indigenous world view for collaboration, partnerships, and social justice impact.

 is an Emmy-winning social justice storyteller and member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. Sarah utilizes her experience growing up on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to share and translate Indigenous world view for collaboration, partnerships, and social justice impact.

Sarah Eagle Heart

Leah is an Associate Professor at UC Santa Barbara. She is an expert on energy, climate and environmental politics and policy, co-host of the podcast A Matter of Degrees, and an advisor to several environmental NGOs working on climate policy.

 is an Associate Professor at UC Santa Barbara. She is an expert on energy, climate and environmental politics and policy, co-host of the podcast A Matter of Degrees, and an advisor to several environmental NGOs working on climate policy.

Dr. Leah Stokes

Dr. Glynn Hulley is a member of the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems group at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His research interests include the satellite remote imaging of Earth surface temperatures for studying urban climate science, heat waves and extreme temperatures, and their consequences to human health.

 is a member of the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems group at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His research interests include the satellite remote imaging of Earth surface temperatures for studying urban climate science, heat waves and extreme temperatures, and their consequences to human health.

Dr. Glynn Hulley

Kelly is the Senior Director of Energy Campaigns for the Sierra Club, where she leads a national effort to advance climate justice and a transition off of fossil fuels. She has been an activist by passion and by trade for twenty-five years, leading campaigns to protect the environment, training and engaging people to participate in our democracy, and building a movement for social change.

 is the Senior Director of Energy Campaigns for the Sierra Club, where she leads a national effort to advance climate justice and a transition off of fossil fuels. She has been an activist by passion and by trade for twenty-five years, leading campaigns to protect the environment, training and engaging people to participate in our democracy, and building a movement for social change.

Kelly Sheehan

Abigail Dillen, serving as the first female steward in Earthjustice’s 50-year history, leads the organization's staff, board and supporters to harness the power of law to protect our environment and people’s health. Dillen joined the organization in 2000, initially focusing on public lands and wildlife protection. She then led the organization's litigation and legal advocacy to achieve the essential shift from fossil fuels to 100 percent clean energy and played a central role in forcing the overdue retirement of coal-fired power plants around the country.

, serving as the first female steward in the organization’s 50-year history, leads the organization's staff, board and supporters to harness the power of law to protect our environment and people’s health. Dillen joined the organization in 2000, initially focusing on public lands and wildlife protection. She then led the organization's litigation and legal advocacy to achieve the essential shift from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy and played a central role in forcing the overdue retirement of coal-fired power plants around the country.

Abigail Dillen

Jade Begay is an Indigenous rights and climate policy expert and filmmaker. Jade is the Climate Justice Campaign Director at NDN Collective and serves on the board of Amazon Watch and Native Conservancy.

 is an Indigenous rights and climate policy expert and filmmaker. Jade is the Climate Justice Campaign Director at NDN Collective and serves on the board of Amazon Watch and Native Conservancy.

Jade Begay

 is a British-Sri Lankan multi-disciplinary producer and artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently the co-host and series producer of Mothers Of Invention, a joyful podcast on feminist solutions to the climate crisis highlighting the work of BIPOC women and girls around the world.

Thimali Kodikara

Green Production Guide (GPG) is the premiere entertainment industry resource offering tools for carbon calculation, best practices, and a world-wide database of vendors to reduce the carbon footprint and environmental impact for any size or kind of production. GPG is the go-to resource to implement a sustainable plan for your production with checklists, infographics, and sample memos to cast and crew.

Green Production Guide

Leo Cerda is from the Kichwa community of Serena in the Ecuadorian Amazon. He is a climate activist and indigenous rights defender. He is the Founder of the HAKHU Project, a young organization that supports advocacy, capacity building and storytelling for Indigenous youth and women as a way to fight against exploitative oil and mining development in the Ecuadorian Amazon. He serves in many organizations locally and internationally bridging Indigenous community initiatives and international support.

 is from the Kichwa community of Serena in the Ecuadorian Amazon. He is a climate activist and Indigenous rights defender. He is the Founder of the HAKHU Project, a young organization that supports advocacy, capacity building and storytelling for Indigenous youth and women as a way to fight against exploitative oil and mining development in the Ecuadorian Amazon. He serves in many organizations locally and internationally bridging Indigenous community initiatives and international support.

Leonardo Leonel Cerda Tapuy

Daniel Hinerfeld, an Emmy-winning filmmaker, and award-winning journalist, oversees Rewrite the Future, an initiative to help Hollywood tell stories about the climate crisis. He founded NRDC's documentary unit and created films including Sonic Sea, narrated by Rachel McAdams; Acid Test, narrated by Sigourney Weaver; Stories from the Gulf, narrated by Robert Redford; and Wild Things.

, an Emmy-winning filmmaker and award-winning journalist, oversees 

, an initiative to help Hollywood tell stories about the climate crisis. He founded 

 documentary unit and has created films including 

, narrated by Robert Redford. Daniel cocreated the nationally syndicated radio program 

, and has worked as an editor, producer, and reporter for NPR.

Daniel Hinerfeld

IllumiNative

Christine “Chris” Hill is the senior director of Sierra Club’s Our Wild America campaign. She is the first Black woman to lead Sierra Club’s legacy campaign on the outdoors and lands, water, and wildlife in the organization’s 129-year history. She has a background in law, community organizing, and lobbying, and more than a decade of experience advocating to protect communities and the natural world.

 is the senior director of Sierra Club’s Our Wild America campaign. She is the first Black woman to lead Sierra Club’s legacy campaign on the outdoors and lands, water, and wildlife in its 129-year history. She has a background in law, community organizing and lobbying and more than a decade of experience advocating to protect communities and the natural world.

Christine Hill

 leverages the power of the organization’s 750+ climate experts, advocates, and scientists, to combat the climate crisis by helping the entertainment industry tell more effective, varied, and compelling climate stories.

NRDC'S Rewrite The Future

Black Indigenous Liberation Movement

Dr Britt Wray is a Human and Planetary Health Fellow at Stanford University and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where she researches the mental health impacts of climate change. She is also the author of the book 

Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis 

, which is about “staying sane in the climate crisis." Organizational affiliations: Stanford Medicine Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health

 is a Human and Planetary Health Fellow at Stanford University and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where she researches the mental health impacts of climate change. She is also the author of the book 

Dr. Britt Wray

Rania Batrice is a first-generation Palestinian, born and raised in Lubbock, Texas. As the only daughter in a conservative family, bravery and perseverance has defined her upbringing as a leader in progressive movements in the US and around the world. Rania has worked as a Democratic operative for over two decades, lending her voice, story, and expertise in a variety of fields including through political, nonprofit, and legislative strategies as well as crisis management.

 is a first-generation Palestinian, born and raised in Lubbock, Texas. As the only daughter in a conservative family, bravery and perseverance has defined her upbringing as a leader in progressive movements in the US and around the world. Rania has worked as a Democratic operative for over two decades, lending her voice, story, and expertise in a variety of fields including through political, nonprofit, and legislative strategies as well as crisis management.

Rania Batrice

Mary Annaïse Heglar is an accomplished climate justice essayist whose work has been integral to getting the climate movement to understand climate change as a deeply emotional justice issue that intersects with every other justice issue. Mary also coined the term “greentrolling” and is known for cyberbullying fossil fuel companies on Twitter.

 is an accomplished climate justice essayist whose work has been integral to getting the climate movement to understand climate change as a deeply emotional justice issue that intersects with every other justice issue. Mary also coined the term “greentrolling” and is known for cyberbullying fossil fuel companies on Twitter.

Mary Annaïse Heglar

Social impact agency rooted in the power of grassroots community-organizing and storytelling to help organizations and individuals use their platforms and ignite systemic change.

YEA! Impact

Dr. Fenty is a climate scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory whose research includes understanding how global warming is affecting the ocean, sea level rise, and the melting of Greenland and Antarctica. In his work Dr. Fenty collects data from the polar oceans and combines that with NASA satellite observations and climate models.

 is a climate scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory whose research includes understanding how global warming is affecting the ocean, sea level rise, and the melting of Greenland and Antarctica. In his work Dr. Fenty collects data from the polar oceans and combines that with NASA satellite observations and climate models.

Dr. Ian Fenty

Holly Bender is working to end the era of fossil fuels and achieve 100% just and equitable clean energy.

 is working to end the era of fossil fuels and achieve 100% just and equitable clean energy.

Holly Bender

USC Media Impact Project

Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz is Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and a Senior Research Scientist at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies at Yale University. He is an expert on public opinion and public engagement with the issues of climate change and the environment.

 is Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and a Senior Research Scientist at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies at Yale University. He is an expert on public opinion and public engagement with the issues of climate change and the environment.

Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz

Jacquelyn Gill is an internationally recognized paleoecologist, science communicator, podcaster, and STEM advocate. She directs the BEAST Lab at the University of Maine, where her team explores the impacts of climate change and extinction on biodiversity from the recent fossil record to today.

 is an internationally recognized paleoecologist, science communicator, podcaster, and STEM advocate. She directs the BEAST Lab at the University of Maine, where her team explores the impacts of climate change and extinction on biodiversity from the recent fossil record to today.

Dr. Jacquelyn Gill

Favianna Rodriguez is an interdisciplinary artist and social justice activist whose art and praxis addresses migration, gender justice, climate change, racial equity, and sexual freedom. Her practice boldly reshapes the myths, stories, and cultural practices of the present, while healing from the wounds of the past.

 is the founder and president of The Center for Cultural Power, a national artist-led organization, inspiring artists to imagine a world where power is distributed equitably and where we live in harmony with nature. She is an award-winning artist, cultural strategist, and social justice leader. Favianna’s art and praxis address migration, economic inequality, gender justice, and climate change, boldly reshaping the myths, ideas, and cultural practices of the present, while confronting the wounds of the past. Favianna is regarded as one of the leading thinkers and personalities uniting art, culture, and social impact. She is a recipient of the Robert Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellowship, the Atlantic Fellowship for Racial Equity, and the Soros Racial Equity Fellowship.

Favianna Rodriguez

Dr. Kim Cobb is the faculty Director of the Global Change Program at Georgia Tech, focused on building capacity for climate solutions. In her research, she uses observations of past and present climate to advance our understanding of future climate change impacts, with a focus on climate extremes and coastal flood hazards. She is honored to be a Lead Author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, and is a mother to four.

 is the faculty Director of the Global Change Program at Georgia Tech, focused on building capacity for climate solutions. In her research, she uses observations of past and present climate to advance our understanding of future climate change impacts, with a focus on climate extremes and coastal flood hazards. She is honored to be a Lead Author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, and is a mother to four.

Dr. Kim Cobb

The Solutions Project

Intersectional Environmentalist

Mary Anne Hitt is Senior Director of the foundation Climate Imperative. Mary Anne has over 25 years of experience building and leading effective campaigns and organizations, and is a frequent media spokesperson. Prior to joining Climate Imperative, she was with the Sierra Club for 12 years where she served as National Director of Campaigns and also worked for a decade as director of the Beyond Coal Campaign, recognized as one of the most successful environmental and climate campaigns in history, which retired 2/3 of US coal plants in a decade and helped usher in the clean energy era.

 is Senior Director of the foundation Climate Imperative. Mary Anne has over 25 years of experience building and leading effective campaigns and organizations, and is a frequent media spokesperson. Prior to joining Climate Imperative, she was with the Sierra Club for 12 years where she served as National Director of Campaigns and also worked for a decade as director of the Beyond Coal Campaign, recognized as one of the most successful environmental and climate campaigns in history, which retired 2/3 of US coal plants in a decade and helped usher in the clean energy era.

Mary Anne Hitt

Robyn Fischer is an advocate who works to improve access to clean, safe, and reliable freshwater for vulnerable and marginalized communities. Her efforts with state and federal government officials address water conservation and efficiency, drinking water quality, water reuse, climate change adaptation and resilience, and water resource management.

 is an advocate who works to improve access to clean, safe, and reliable freshwater for vulnerable and marginalized communities. Her efforts with state and federal government officials address water conservation and efficiency, drinking water quality, water reuse, climate change adaptation and resilience, and water resource management.

Robyn Fischer

Michael Bosse is national program director at the Sierra Club. The passionate and talented nationwide staff and volunteers he works with in the Sierra Club's Program Department create safe and healthy communities in which to live, encourage smart energy solutions to combat climate disruption, and protect and extend the enduring legacy of America's wild places, ensuring access to the outdoors for all.

 is national program director at the Sierra Club. The passionate and talented nationwide staff and volunteers he works with in the Sierra Club's Program Department create safe and healthy communities in which to live, encourage smart energy solutions to combat climate disruption, and protect and extend the enduring legacy of America's wild places, ensuring access to the outdoors for all.

Michael Bosse

Sierra Club

Dr. Samantha Montano is a disaster researcher and professor of emergency management. She is the author of Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis.

 is a disaster researcher and professor of emergency management. She is the author of Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis.

Dr. Samantha Montano

Grace Nosek is a legal scholar, youth climate justice organizer, and storyteller identifying and pushing back against the toxic narratives the fossil fuel industry has seeded deep in our public imagination and political reality by centering justice, joyful community, hope, agency, and systems change in her work and scholarship. She is a PhD Candidate in Law and the Founder of the Climate Hub at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and she holds a BA from Rice University, a law degree from Harvard Law School, and a Master of Laws from UBC.

 is a legal scholar, youth climate justice organizer, and storyteller identifying and pushing back against the toxic narratives the fossil fuel industry has seeded deep in our public imagination and political reality by centering justice, joyful community, hope, agency, and systems change in her work and scholarship. She is a PhD candidate in law and the founder of the Climate Hub at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and she holds a BA from Rice University, a law degree from Harvard Law School, and a Master of Laws from UBC.

Grace Nosek

Exposure Labs is the film production and impact studio behind Chasing Ice, Chasing Coral, and The Social Dilemma - we believe that stories are the most powerful catalyst to build empathy, shape culture, foster social justice movements, and shift systems.

Exposure Labs

Dr. Myhre is a climate scientist, environmental justice expert, and progressive organizer. As a fifth generation descendant of the violent colonial project of the American West, Dr. Myhre's professional and creative work is focused on reparation between the land, her people, and our shared history.

 is a climate scientist, environmental justice expert, and progressive organizer. As a fifth-generation descendant of the violent colonial project of the American West, Dr. Myhre's professional and creative work is focused on reparation between the land, her people, and our shared history.

Dr. Sarah Myhre

Climate campaigner with experience in working with diverse teams to deliver local, national and international impact campaigns. Examples include corporate no-deforestation policies for Indonesia and the Amazon; the consolidation of Indigenous Peoples as key stakeholders in climate negotiations through the Guardians of the Forests; and the establishment of air pollution policies and EV mandates in New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Sao Paulo through the Help Delhi Breathe, 100% UP and City of Dreams campaigns. Joao has led the Amazonas State Climate Change and Protected Area department in years that saw the state’s lowest deforestation rates, and organized all Brazilian Amazon States to create the stakeholder-led Amazon Sustainable Development Plan, delivered at Rio+20. Joao’s cultural campaigns include producing climate change content for key moments as Pope Francis’ encyclical and the 2016 Olympics. Joao has been an underwater cameraman, producer and editor to shows aired on ESPN, Globo, Discovery and NatGeo. After spending 6 years at Purpose, where he was Head of Campaigns, Joao became a strategic communications consultant. In this role he leads teams in the US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. In this function he also provides support to selected projects from Doc Society’s climate story fund.

 is a climate campaigner with experience in working with diverse teams to deliver local, national and international impact campaigns. Examples include corporate no-deforestation policies for Indonesia and the Amazon; the consolidation of Indigenous Peoples as key stakeholders in climate negotiations through the Guardians of the Forests; and the establishment of air pollution policies and EV mandates in New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Sao Paulo through the Help Delhi Breathe, 100% UP and City of Dreams campaigns. Joao has led the Amazonas State Climate Change and Protected Area department in years that saw the state’s lowest deforestation rates, and organized all Brazilian Amazon States to create the stakeholder-led Amazon Sustainable Development Plan, delivered at Rio+20. Joao’s cultural campaigns include producing climate change content for key moments as Pope Francis’ encyclical and the 2016 Olympics. Joao has been an underwater cameraman, producer and editor to shows aired on ESPN, Globo, Discovery and NatGeo. After spending 6 years at Purpose, where he was Head of Campaigns, 

 became a strategic communications consultant. In this role he leads teams in the US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. In this function he also provides support to selected projects from Doc Society’s climate story fund.

João Talocchi

Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. is the President & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus, the host of the award-winning climate and environmental justice podcast The Coolest Show, and one of the most influential national leaders in the climate movement. Rev Yearwood has shaped climate policy, been recognized by the Obama Administration as a Champion of Change for climate leadership, testified to Congress on the impacts of the climate crisis on communities of color, and led and inspired grassroots movement across the country connected by the framework that climate justice is racial justice and racial justice is climate justice.

 is the president & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus, the host of the award-winning climate and environmental justice podcast 

, and one of the most influential national leaders in the climate movement. Rev. Yearwood has shaped climate policy, been recognized by the Obama Administration as a Champion of Change for climate leadership, testified to Congress on the impacts of the climate crisis on communities of color, and led and inspired grassroots movement across the country connected by the framework that climate justice is racial justice and racial justice is climate justice.

Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.

Climate Mental Health Network

Brandon Dennison

Albert

Dr. Phaedra C. Pezzullo is an internationally recognized scholar that has published seven books and multiple academic articles on environmental justice, environmental communication, and climate communication. She serves as a founding Co-Director of C3BC (Creative Climate Communication & Behavior Change Center) and the Just Transition Collaborative, as well as has consulted, trained, and worked with many organizations , including the American Bar Association, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, University Cooperation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), The Pulitzer Center, the Sierra Club, and local government planning departments.

 is an internationally recognized scholar that has published seven books and multiple academic articles on environmental justice, environmental communication, and climate communication. She serves as a founding Co-Director of C3BC (Creative Climate Communication & Behavior Change Center) and the Just Transition Collaborative, as well as has consulted, trained, and worked with many organizations , including the American Bar Association, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, University Cooperation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), The Pulitzer Center, the Sierra Club, and local government planning departments.

Dr. Phaedra Pezzullo

Kristin is the Director of the Climigration Network, which brings community and Tribal leaders and practitioners together to generate equitable, just, community-led approaches to climate migration in the US. Our vision is that all neighborhoods that make the difficult decision to relocate due to climate risk have the support they need to transition to a safe and welcoming place to call home and the land they leave is conserved to honor their sacrifice, sequester carbon, and reduce climate risk.

 is the Director of the Climigration Network, which brings community and Tribal leaders and practitioners together to generate equitable, just, community-led approaches to climate migration in the US. Our vision is that all neighborhoods that make the difficult decision to relocate due to climate risk have the support they need to transition to a safe and welcoming place to call home and the land they leave is conserved to honor their sacrifice, sequester carbon, and reduce climate risk.

Kristin Marcell

Hip Hop Caucus

Rare

Kate Langrall Folb directs the Hollywood, Health & Society (HH&S) program at the USC Norman Lear Center. She leads a team of public health and media professionals to connect entertainment content creators with experts in health, medicine, science, safety and security to ensure accuracy in their depictions.

 directs the Hollywood, Health & Society (HH&S) program at the USC Norman Lear Center. She leads a team of public health and media professionals to connect entertainment content creators with experts in health, medicine, science, safety and security to ensure accuracy in their depictions.

Kate Folb

The Center for Cultural Power is an artist-led organization, inspiring artists and culture makers to imagine a world where power is distributed equitably and where we live in harmony with nature.

Center for Cultural Power

Peter is a climate scientist who works on state-of-the-art projection of future humid heat waves and how they will affect people in neighborhoods around the world, ecological projection of coral reef mortality, wildfire prediction, and how climate is changing severe storms in America's "tornado alley." He is also one of the world's most outspoken climate activists and the award-winning author of 

Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution

. He lives in Altadena, northeast LA, with his wife and two teenage sons.

 is a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, speaking and writing on his own behalf. His award-winning book, 

, provides real-life solutions for responding to climate breakdown and rampant consumerism in a joyful way. He thinks and dreams pretty constantly about the better world we could have on the far side of climate breakdown.

Dr. Peter Kalmus

Tamara Toles O’Laughlin is an internationally recognized environmental advocate and climate strategist focused on people and planet. Her niche in environmental work is developing high impact programs and multimedia campaigns to dismantle privilege and increase opportunities for vulnerable populations to access healthy air, clean energy, and a toxic free economy at the local, regional and national level.

 is an internationally recognized environmental advocate and climate strategist focused on people and the planet. Her niche in environmental work is developing high-impact programs and multimedia campaigns to dismantle privilege and increase opportunities for vulnerable populations to access healthy air, clean energy, and a toxic-free economy at the local, regional and national level.

Tamara Toles O'Laughlin

Amy Brady is the Executive Director of Orion, author of Ice: An American Obsession (Putnam 2023), and co-editor of an anthology of climate-themed personal essays called The World As We Knew It. Amy holds a PhD in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has won awards for her research and writing from the National Science Foundation, the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference, and the Library of Congress.

 is the Executive Director of Orion, author of Ice: An American Obsession (Putnam 2023), and co-editor of an anthology of climate-themed personal essays called The World As We Knew It. Amy holds a PhD in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has won awards for her research and writing from the National Science Foundation, the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference, and the Library of Congress.

Dr. Amy Brady

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online activists. Since 1970, its lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world's natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Bozeman, MT, and Beijing. Learn more at 

NRDC

Dr. Renee Lertzman is an internationally recognized thought leader and strategic sustainability adviser/consultant working at the intersection of ESG, organizational psychology and strategic communications to help senior leaders co-create sustainable behavior change. She works with leaders and teams in business, not-for-profits and government to help them effectively awaken people’s own capacities for change. It's change management at an existential scale.

 is an internationally recognized thought leader and strategic sustainability adviser/consultant working at the intersection of ESG, organizational psychology and strategic communications to help senior leaders co-create sustainable behavior change. She works with leaders and teams in business, not-for-profits and government to help them effectively awaken people’s own capacities for change. It's change management at an existential scale.

Dr. Renee Lertzman

Dr. Genevieve Guenther is an author, climate activist, and native New Yorker. An expert in climate communication, fossil-fuel disinformation, and climate news coverage, she is the founding director of End Climate Silence and affiliate faculty at The New School, where she sits on the board of the Tishman Environment and Design Center.

 is an author, climate activist, and native New Yorker. An expert in climate communication, fossil-fuel disinformation, and climate news coverage, she is the founding director of End Climate Silence and affiliate faculty at The New School, where she sits on the board of the Tishman Environment and Design Center.

Dr. Genevieve Guenther

Sharon Lavigne

Matthew Schneider-Mayerson is an interdisciplinary scholar of literature and environmental studies. A professor at Yale-NUS College and author or editor of three books, he is an expert on the influence of environmental
narratives on real-world audiences; eco-reproductive concerns; environmental politics; and ecotopian visions.

 is an interdisciplinary scholar of literature and environmental studies. A professor at Yale-NUS College and author or editor of three books, he is an expert on the influence of environmental
narratives on real-world audiences; eco-reproductive concerns; environmental politics; and ecotopian visions.

Dr. Matthew Schneider-Mayerson

Earth Angel

Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD (she/her) is chair of Environmental Studies at Cal Poly Humboldt and author of A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet. She writes, speaks, and consults extensively on climate emotions.

, PhD (she/her) is chair of Environmental Studies at Cal Poly Humboldt and author of A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet. She writes, speaks, and consults extensively on climate emotions.

Dr. Sarah Jaquette Ray

Erica Rosenthal is the director of research at the USC Norman Lear Center and Media Impact Project. She leads a team of researchers in studying the content of media and entertainment narratives and their impact on audiences.

 is the director of research at the USC Norman Lear Center and Media Impact Project. She leads a team of researchers in studying the content of media and entertainment narratives and their impact on audiences.

Erica Rosenthal

Doc Society - Climate Story Unit

Hollywood, Health & Society

Thelma is a climate storyteller who collaborates with grassroots and frontline organizations to shift narratives around equitable solutions. She is the Senior Communications Strategist at The Solutions Project.

 is a climate storyteller who collaborates with grassroots and frontline organizations to shift narratives around equitable solutions. She is the Senior Communications Strategist at The Solutions Project.

Thelma Young-Lutunatabua

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