Date: Monday, September 28, 2026
Time: 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: UCLA Luskin Conference Center
Agenda
Join us on September 28th for the first Luskin Lecture this fall. World-renowned as both an atmospheric scientist and communicator, Katharine Hayhoe will share insights about incorporating climate change into public decisions and private conversations during a time when climate action in California and beyond is at a crossroads.
Registration is free but required for all guests.
About the Speaker
Katharine Hayhoe is Chief Scientist for the The Nature Conservancy and the Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair in Public Policy and Public Law at Texas Tech University. Her research focuses on understanding the impacts of climate change on people and the planet. Recognized among the TIME100 most influential people and a United Nations Champion of the Earth, Hayhoe is known worldwide for connecting climate to people’s values in ways that inspire action. Her TED lecture, The Most Important Thing You Can Do About Climate Change: Talk About It, has received over 4 million views, and she is the author of Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. Read more.
Megan Mullin is the faculty director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, which partners with civic leaders on research to inform effective and equitable environmental policy. She is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science and holds the Luskin Endowed Chair in Innovation and Sustainability in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Mullin’s research on U.S. environmental politics has appeared in leading scholarly journals and has been featured in many national and international media outlets. She is the author of the award-winning book, Governing the Tap: Special District Governance and the New Local Politics of Water (MIT Press, 2009), and has been named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow for her work on local climate adaptation.
Disclaimer: The views or opinions of our guest speakers and the content of their presentations do not necessarily reflect the views of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation. Hosting speakers does not constitute an endorsement of the speaker’s views or opinions.