SXSW 2019: This Panel's Al Gore Is Fake, but the Climate Science Is So Real

Al Gore has been trying to make climate change sexy for almost 50 years. After discovering people didn’t like to be bummed out to the tune of a two-hour slideshow, Gore (a character played by comedian and biochemist Rollie Williams) has been branching out in an effort to reach America’s youth by trying his hand at a SXSW panel. While this Al Gore is fake, the climate scientists and the conversations about the increasingly warming planet are terrifyingly real.

Meet the Panelists:

Dale Jamieson, Ph.D., is a professor of environmental studies and philosophy at New York University, as well as a scholar of environmental ethics and an analyst of climate change discourse. Jamieson also serves as a faculty affiliate for the NYU School of Law and as director of NYU’s Animal Studies Initiative, which was funded by Brad Goldberg with a $1 million donation in 2010. Previously, Jamieson had been at Carleton College and the University of Colorado, Boulder, with visiting roles at other universities, including Cornell, Princeton, and Stanford. He is a critic of geo-engineering proposals. Jamieson grew up in San Diego, California, where he was an avid surfer.

Alicia Pérez-Porro, Ph.D. is a research associate at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History working with marine sponges in the Invertebrates Zoology Department. She is also a board member of the Spanish Scientists in USA non-profit (ECUSA) where she started and chairs the Commission for Women in Science (MECUSA). Pérez-Porro is a proud member of the Homeward Bound 2018 team, and a 2018 Women InPower fellow. She is a passionate advocate for women in science, for which she received a Red Cross and Red Crescent Spain gold medal for her efforts fighting climate change and gender inequality in STEM.

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