Scientists from a wide variety of scientific disciplines, from evolutionary paleontology and earth system analysis to ecophysiology and theoretical physics, come together in Oslo to consolidate the scientific consensus on climate and environmental issues towards politics. Besides from PIK's director Schellnhuber, renowned experts from the various National Academies of Sciences, including those from Finland, China, America and France, who are committed to the interdisciplinary exchange between science, society and politics to address critical issues of the future, will be attending the exclusive meeting with US Governor Jerry Brown.
Governor Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr. is a member of the Democratic Party and is considered an American pioneer of climate protection against Trumps fossil friendly policies. He fosters stricter emission reductions in his home state California - the sixth largest economy in the world. He is also the founder of the Under2Coalition, a network of American cities, states and companies fighting for the 2°C limit, even though Trump led the United States out of the Paris Agreement. Like Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Jerry Brown was at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Rome at the beginning of November to advocate cooperation between science and religion to protect the climate.
