Event Details

From devastating natural disasters to a global pandemic, the effects of climate change have become increasingly pressing, extreme, and far-reaching than ever before. The 2025 SMART Talks on Climate Change will continue to collaborate with the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC), structured around two key modules "Think Smart" and "Talk Smart", to offer young people an opportunity to converse with top scholars, practitioners, and key policy-makers in the field, aims to endow leaders of the next generation with useful insights to tackle critical issues facing our planet.

Agenda

  • Jul 29, 2025

  • Jul 31, 2025

  • Aug 1, 2025

  • Aug 2, 2025

  • Aug 5, 2025

  • Aug 6, 2025

  • Aug 8, 2025

  • Aug 9, 2025

09:00 - 10:30
Writing on Climate Change 1

Speakers

  • Sunil Amrith (Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History at Yale University)

    Sunil Amrith

    Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History at Yale University

  • Mariela Arredondo (Postdoctoral Scientist at Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, Yale University)

    Mariela Arredondo

    Postdoctoral Scientist at Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, Yale University

  • Sarah Castle (Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of the Environment)

    Sarah Castle

    Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of the Environment

  • Abhishek Kumar (Postdoctoral Associate at Hazari Group, Yale University)

    Abhishek Kumar

    Postdoctoral Associate at Hazari Group, Yale University

  • Shangshi Liu (Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, Yale University)

    Shangshi Liu

    Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, Yale University

  • Aaron Reiss '10 (Freelance Researcher, Journalist, and Cartographer)

    Aaron Reiss '10

    Freelance Researcher, Journalist, and Cartographer

  • Fred Strebeigh (Senior Lecturer Emeritus in English and in Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University)

    Fred Strebeigh

    Senior Lecturer Emeritus in English and in Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University

  • Fengchao Sun (Associate Research Scientist at Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, Yale University)

    Fengchao Sun

    Associate Research Scientist at Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, Yale University

  • Juliana Teixeira (Postdoctoral Associate and Fellow at Staver Lab of Savanna Ecology, Yale University)

    Juliana Teixeira

    Postdoctoral Associate and Fellow at Staver Lab of Savanna Ecology, Yale University

  • Jake Thompson (Postdoctoral Researcher at Professor Noah Planavskyโ€™s Lab, Yale University)

    Jake Thompson

    Postdoctoral Researcher at Professor Noah Planavskyโ€™s Lab, Yale University

  • Michelle Wong (Assistant Professor at Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University)

    Michelle Wong

    Assistant Professor at Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University