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For seven hours on Wednesday, my colleagues and I interviewed world leaders, chief executives, scientists and activists in front of a live audience at our annual Climate Forward event in New York City.
Somini Sengupta talked with Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh’s interim leader and a Nobel laureate, and President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of Guyana, about how the developing world is coping with global warming.
Catrin Einhorn spoke to scientist Jane Goodall about her storied career. Astead Herndon interviewed North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper about the politics of the energy transition.
And I spoke with Ali Zaidi, President Biden’s climate adviser; Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation; and R.J. Scaringe, the C.E.O. of electric truck maker Rivian.The full interviews are available on YouTube.
It was a diverse set of perspectives that offered a nuanced view of the problems posed by climate change, and the emerging set of solutions.
Some of the interviewees presented diametrically opposing viewpoints. While Zaidi touted this administration’s efforts to reduce pollution and support clean energy, Roberts questioned climate science and argued that Biden’s policies were harming Americans.
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