Oldham Nature and Environment Lecture: Katharine Hayhoe

In her bestselling work Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, and popular TED Talks viewed by over 5 million people globally, world-renowned climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe reveals her remarkable talent for translating complex climate issues into accessible public discourse. Join us for this rare in-person lecture with a powerful and uplifting international thought-leader.  

Hayhoe asserts that the key to tackling climate change is to start by understanding how any change to our environment naturally connects us. Through the broad lens of sports, food, travel; faith, family, health; jobs, insurance, or housing, Hayhoe will help us find common ground via a bridge-building approach to clarifying challenges and identifying possible solutions. 

Katharine Hayhoe is the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy and Horn Distinguished Professor and the Political Science Endowed Professor in Public Policy and Public Law at Texas Tech University. She is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, and American Scientific Affiliation, and serves on advisory boards for organizations such as Netflix, UBS, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She has been named a United Nations Champion of the Earth, the World Evangelical Alliance’s climate ambassador, and one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People. 

The Oldham Nature and Environment Lecture series is dedicated to presenting leading scientists, policy makers, strategists, and other experts to speak to our community about the many ways climate change is threatening our world, enabling us to be well informed on the topics of climate science and policy, and biodiversity impact and loss.