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Some 160 members of the present U.S. Congress are climate change deniers, blocking policy implementation and educational efforts. This "where we are now" discussion summarizes the scientific consensus on climate change and addresses the obstacles—social, political, economic—to mobilizing action and developing a progressive policy framework. Panelists include Lisa Goddard, Director, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University; Michael B. Gerrard, Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia University; and Michael Klare, author of The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources and Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College. Moderator: Haresh Bhojwani, Deputy Director, International Research Institute for Climate and Society.

A prolific writer on environmental law and climate change, Michael B. Gerrard directs the Center for Climate Change Law and is the associate chair of the faculty of Columbia University's Earth Institute. He practiced environmental law in New York City from 1979 to 2008. He has twice received the Association of American Publishers' Best Law Book award for works on environmental law and brownfields. His many publications include Threatened Island Nations: Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate (2013) and The Law of Adaptation to Climate Change (2012). Lisa M. Goddard directs the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University, currently leading the IRI's effort on Near-Term Climate Change. She pursues several lines of research aimed at improving the quality and content of climate predictions and serves on national and international advisory panels on climate science. Writer and teacher Michael T. Klare studies issues of war and peace, resource competition, and international affairs. He is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, the defense correspondent at The Nation, and the author of fourteen books, including Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict (2002), Blood and Oil (2005), and most recently, The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources (2012). Haresh Bhojwani is the Deputy Director of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University and plays a lead rold in establishing partnerships with governments and international development organizations. His work has helped to implement science-informed economic development, adaptation, and disaster risk management programs and policies. He also works internationally to advocate for equity-based science-supported collaborations such as the Gloval Framework for Climate Services and the Climate Services Partnership.

This event is part of the Fall 2014 programming series ICP Talks: Climate Change. For a complete listing of series events, click here.

ICP gratefully acknowledges our partnership with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society of Columbia University | Earth Institute, The Climate Group and Climate Week NYC, and The Human Impacts Institute, Brooklyn, in developing and presenting public programs to accompany the exhibition Sebastião Salgado: Genesis.

Image: Sebastião Salgado, Iceberg between Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands on the Antarctic Channel. At sea level, earlier flotation levels are clearly visible where the ice has been polished by the ocean's constant movement. High above, a shape resembling a castle tower has been carved by wind erosion and detached pieces of ice. The Antarctic Peninsula, 2005. © Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas images—Contact Press Images.