CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore delivered the following remarks in Paris at the 2026 ChangeNOW Summit, a “global meeting point for those building a just and sustainable future.” After her
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CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore—along with CEE’s Samira Siddique, Clara Chavez-Ives and Rosie Semlyen—are heading to the UN Climate Conference, COP30, in Belém, Brazil. The Center’s delegation will amplify voices and ideas
“Our survival depends on a spiritual transformation, as much as a technical revolution.” SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Potawatomi writer and scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer gave this advice during the