In celebration of Earth Month, the USC Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability and the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future hosted a series of conversations around advancing climate change issues. This included the sixth annual Climate Forward conference on Thursday, April 3 in the Town & Gown Ballroom. This conference focused on finding practical solutions to climate change and identifying the political obstacles to implementing those changes.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH “The Politics of Electric Vehicles: Red State and Blue State Trends”
David Hill – Director of Hill Research Consultants; Republican Pollster

CLICK HERE TO WATCH  “Climate Policy and the Two Parties: The Search for Common Ground”
Barbara Boxer – Former U.S. Senator (D-CA)
Garret Graves – Former U.S. Representative (R-LA)
Bob Shrum (Moderator) – Director, USC Center for the Political Future

The mission at the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future is to advance civil dialogue and research that transcends partisan divisions and finds solutions to pressing national and global challenges. The mission at the USC Dornsife Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies and Sustainability is to work toward sparking meaningful, nonpartisan change to save our planet.

This event was held in partnership with USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, USC Political Union (a Bridge USA Chapter), USC Political Student Assembly, Trojan Democrats, USC College Republicans, and Bridge Cultural Exchange Academy.

Thank you to our sponsors WIES Ballmer Climate Carbon Management Initiative and Tim and Denise Marshall.