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COVID and Climate – COVID-19 has changed our lives significantly over the last year. As the climate emergency continues to progress, can we expect more viral outbreaks? How do the effects of COVID compare to the effects of Climate Change? COVID-19 has shown us that we can change our behaviors overnight. Can we recognize the need to do the same for the climate crisis? Will our changed behaviors be enough?

Dr. Stefan Sommer is the Director of Education at the Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research at NAU. His doctoral work is in ecological sustainability and he has studied effective communication across cultural boundaries in many contexts including PBS film production.