Unifying for the Planet
The annual Climate Forward conference, hosted in partnership with the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future, brings together leaders from across the political spectrum to explore nonpartisan solutions to the challenges associated with our changing climate.
Past speakers have included United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown, lawyer and environmentalist Joanne Witty, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, and more.
![Democrat Val Demings and Republican Adam Kinzinger sit on a stage with moderator Bob Shrum. Kinzinger speaks while holding his hands in front of him as Demings and Shrum listen.](https://dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/wp-content/uploads/sites/116/2024/07/Climate-Forward-Demings-Kinzinger-CF-768x768.jpg)
Climate Forward 2025
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025
Additional details will be announced in early 2025. Check back then to learn more and to register for the conference.
![A student in a gray hooded sweatshirt talks to White House policy advisor Neera Tanden, who is wearing a navy blue suit, following Tanden's appearance at Climate Forward.](https://dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/wp-content/uploads/sites/116/2024/07/DSC04592-Enhanced-NR-900x600.jpg)
Climate Forward 2024
Watch panel recordings from Climate Forward 2024: Climate at the Crossroads.
White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden in conversation with USC Center for the Political Future Director Bob Shrum
Fran Pavley, Environmental Policy Director, USC Schwarzenegger Institute; Former California State Senator
Tenzin Seldon, Founding and Managing Partner, Pulse Fund
Joanne Witty, Lawyer; Environmentalist; Co-Chair, Political Committee of the Environmental Defense Action Fund
Debra Kahn (Moderator), California Policy Editor, POLITICO
JJ Flores, USC undergraduate student, International Relations and Sustainable Urban Planning
Leah Tieger, Ph.D. candidate, English (Creative Writing)