

Carl Pope
Can We Save the Planet?
- September 19, 2017
About Carl Pope
Carl Pope is the former executive director and chairman of the Sierra Club and a veteran leader in the environmental movement. He is now a senior climate advisor to former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and the principal advisor at Inside Straight Strategies, where he focuses on the links between sustainability and economic development. A graduate of Harvard College, he is the author of three books, including Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet, which he co-authored with Michael Bloomberg. He was a founder of the BlueGreen Alliance and America Votes, and he served on the boards of the California League of Conservation Voters, Public Voice, the National Clean Air Coalition, California Common Cause, and Zero Population Growth. He is currently serving on the advisory board of America India Foundation and on the board of directors of Ceres and As You Sow. He writes regularly for Bloomberg View and Huffington Post.
Other Speakers on Related Topics
- Michael Oppenheimer: The Effects of Global Climate Change
- Sylvia Earle: Sustainable Seas: The Vision, The Reality
- Art Cullen: Change, Resilience, and Hope in Rural America
- Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer: Building a Movement to Rescue a Nation and Save the Earth
- Barry Commoner: The Environment and the Economy: What Works?

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