Science, trust, and the future of our planet
Join Whitehead Institute President and Director Ruth Lehmann, and former White House National Climate Advisor and United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, for a conversation about the role of science in informing sound policy, earning public trust, and providing the knowledge needed to protect the well-being of people and our planet.
Gina McCarthy
Co-Chair, America Is All In
Former White House National Climate Advisor and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
Bio
The first White House National Climate Advisor and former U.S. EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy is one of the nation’s most respected voices on climate change, the environment, and public health. As head of the Climate Policy Office under President Biden, McCarthy’s leadership led to the most aggressive action on climate in U.S. history, creating new jobs and unprecedented clean energy innovation and investments across the country. Her commitment to bold action across the Biden administration, supported by the climate and clean energy provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, restored U.S. climate leadership on a global stage and put a new U.S. national target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 within reach.
Questions?
Email Mary Sullivan at marysull@wi.mit.edu.
