Talk: How Brown is Advancing Solutions to Urgent Climate Issues

Brown Club of Silicon Valley

Join the BCSV for an informative talk with Professor Kim Cobb, the Director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES).

Los Altos Community Center (Manzanita Room)

In her talk, Professor Cobb will cover key IBES initiatives:<ul><li>Sustainable Finance and Investing</li><li>The creation of a new interdisiplinary curriculum to increase experiential learning opportunities </li><li>Brown's pioneering sustainability initiatives, which IBES is helping to catalyze</li></ul>In addition, she will provide some insight into her own research as a renowned climate scientist with expertise in climate extremes and coastal resilience.About Professor Kim CobbCobb earned her Ph.D. in oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2002 and a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University in 1996. A professor of environment and society, and of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Brown, Cobb is an award-winning climate scientist who served among the lead authors of the landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report in 2021.She has received numerous awards for her research, most notably<ul><li>a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2007</li><li>a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2008</li><li>named the Hans Oeschger Medalist by the European Geoscience Union in 2019</li></ul>Cobb is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was a lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report published in 2021. In January of 2023, she was appointed by the Biden administration to the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.