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Climate Forward Conference 2025
April 3 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
In celebration of Earth Month, the USC Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability and the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future are hosting a series of conversations around advancing climate change issues.
Please join the sixth annual Climate Forward conference, which focuses on finding practical solutions to climate change and identifying the political obstacles to implementing those changes.
The conference is FREE. You can participate in person, via Zoom, or via livestream. Lunch is provided. Space is limited. Registration is required.
IN PERSON – REGISTER HERE
ZOOM – REGISTER HERE
Schedule:
12:00PM – 1:00PM: Lunch Buffet, Climate Fair, and USC Student Art Exhibit, “A Sea Change” by Callianne Jones (Artist) and Allison Agsten (Curator)
1:00PM – 1:20PM: Welcome Remarks from CPF Director Bob Shrum, Wrigley Institute Director Joe Árvai, Dornsife Divisional Dean for the Social Sciences Bill Deverell, and USC President Carol Folt
1:20PM – 2:25PM: “Boom, Not Gloom: A Battle Plan for the Next Four Years of Climate (In)Action” Panel
Jennifer Granholm: Former U.S. Secretary of Energy and First Female Governor of Michigan; One of Time’s Most Influential People 2024
Joe Árvai: Director, USC Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability
2:30PM – 3:00PM: “The Politics of Electric Vehicles: Red State and Blue State Trends” Panel
David Hill: Director of Hill Research Consultants; Republican Pollster
Mike Murphy: Co-Director, USC Center for the Political Future
3:00PM – 4:00PM: “Climate Policy and the Two Parties: The Search for Common Ground” Panel
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.