Noah Diffenbaugh ‘96, M.S. ‘97

About Noah:
Professor Diffenbaugh studies the processes by which climate change could impact people and ecosystems, including agriculture, water resources, human health, and extreme events. He speaks frequently with the public and the media, and has provided testimony and scientific briefings to federal, state and local officials. Professor Diffenbaugh is an elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and is a recipient of the James R. Holton Award and William Kaula Award from the AGU, and a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.

Talk Title: The Global Warming Challenge
Professor Diffenbaugh will discuss the root of the Global Warming Challenge and its three grand challenges the world must solve simultaneously: increase energy supply and dramatically broaden energy access; reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions; and adapt to increasingly extreme climate conditions. Each of these would be daunting by itself; doing all three simultaneously is even more challenging. But these challenges also present opportunities, if the world is able to rapidly accelerate solutions in greenhouse gas mitigation, climate change adaptation, and sustainable development.