24 February 2022

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Roundtable

"White House Roundtable on Countering “Delayism” and Communicating the Urgency of Climate Action"
24 February 2022, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Related:
"White House science office to hold first event on countering climate change denial and delay" by Maxine Joselow, Washington Post (24 February 2022)

From "Readout of White House Climate Science Roundtable on Countering “Delayism” and Communicating the Urgency of Climate Action" (25 February 2022):

“From an economic standpoint, it is precisely the risks and uncertainties that increase the urgency for action. What we know for sure is bad, what we don’t is potentially much worse.”

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