Speakers
Ms. Susan Joy Hassol
Author, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment; and Writer of the HBO film, Too Hot Not to Handle
Ms. Susan Joy Hassol is a climate change communicator known for her ability to translate science into English, making complex issues accessible to policymakers and the public. She is the author of Impacts of A Warming Arctic, the synthesis report of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment on which she worked for four years with 300 scientists from the Arctic and beyond. Susan recently wrote HBO's global warming documentary titled Too Hot Not To Handle, which premiered in April 2006. She was a lead author of Climate Change Impacts on the United States, the synthesis report of the U.S. National Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Change. She co-authored a chapter on Arctic climate impacts for a book titled Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, published by Cambridge University Press in 2006.
Susan is also very interested in solutions to global warming. She authored a chapter on energy efficiency in a book titled Innovative Energy Strategies for CO2 Stabilization, published by Cambridge University Press in 2002. She wrote a feature article titled "A Change of Climate" in Issues in Science and Technology (Journal of the National Academy of Sciences) (Spring 2003) focusing on the actions of U.S. states, localities, and corporations in mitigating climate change.
