Audience members listen to Dr. Katharine Hayhoe's Earth Week keynote address in McCrary Theatre on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Hayhoe, the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy, spoke to a crowd of students, faculty, and community members about the importance of using their voices to advocate for systemic climate solutions.
Earth Week Keynote Speaker discusses global weirding
In 2024, Shell, a corporation responsible for roughly 2% of all global emissions, posted a poll on social media asking what the public was willing to do to reduce their carbon footprint. Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, did not let the post slide, she said during her Earth Week keynote at Elon University in McKinnon Hall on April 22.
