Finding Common Ground in Climate Conversations
Let's Find Common Ground
USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future
5 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2023
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
USC Wrigley Director Joe Árvai joins former White House Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and New York Times Opinion Columnist Bret Stephens for a conversation on finding common ground in climate conversations. They discuss how climate science leads to action, COVID-19's impact on climate change, the economic impact on climate action, and messaging around climate change.
Featuring:
- Gina McCarthy: First Ever White House Climate Advisor; Former EPA Administrator
- Bret Stephens: Opinion Columnist for The New York Times; Editor-in-Chief of Sapir
- Joe Árvai: Director, USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
- Bruce Bond: Co-Founder, CEO, & Board Chair of Common Ground Committee
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future. |
| 0:11.7 | Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect |
| 0:22.0 | each other and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations. |
| 0:29.5 | Hello and welcome everybody. Thank you so much for being here. I'm Bruce Bond, co-founder |
| 0:34.3 | and CEO of Common Ground Committee, and we are so pleased to be co-presenting |
| 0:38.7 | USC's Climate Forward Conference, 23, bridging divides, sharing solutions with the USC |
| 0:45.3 | RIGLE Institute for Environmental Studies and the USC Dornside Center for the political future. |
| 0:51.8 | We're also very pleased that we are this week a part of the |
| 0:55.4 | National Week of Conversation. And on behalf of my colleagues at Common Ground Committee and our |
| 1:00.8 | media partner, the Christian Science Monitor, thank you all for coming. We are a nonpartisan |
| 1:06.1 | citizen-led nonprofit bringing light, not heat, to public discourse, and working to bring healing to the |
| 1:12.8 | problems of unhealthy discourse and polarization that threaten our nation. |
| 1:17.5 | This is our 21st public forum, and this discussion will address finding common ground |
| 1:22.8 | in climate conversations. So let's get right to it. We just have such an incredible panel today, |
| 1:28.8 | and I'm delighted to first introduce our moderator. He is the director of the Wrigley Institute |
| 1:33.9 | for Environmental Studies, Dana and David Dornsive Chair and Professor of Psychology, and a professor |
| 1:40.3 | of biological sciences here at USC. His research focuses on environmental decision-making |
| 1:46.7 | in emotionally and politically charged situations, a frequent advisor to government, business, and |
| 1:52.7 | NGOs. He is a current member of the EPA's Chartered Science Advisory Board. Please welcome Dr. Joe Arvay. |
| 2:13.1 | And next, our highly esteemed guests. He is the editor-in-chief of Sapir and a Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist for the New York Times, who was written about his evolving views |
| 2:19.1 | on climate change. He is the recipient of the 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor and three honorary |
| 2:25.8 | doctorates, and I hear he's been banned in Russia. Please welcome Brett Stevens. |
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