Co-presented by Thomas Mann House and Zócalo Public Square, in partnership with ASU Global Futures Laboratory and Palisadian-Post

Moderated by Uwe Jean Heuser, Journalist and 2026 Thomas Mann Fellow

Climate debates are going nowhere. Highly ideological, they end in gridlock more often than solutions. Disasters strike, but their media shelf-life is short. And younger generations, long worried about living on a warming planet, are moving from anxiety to frustration, feeling like they’re left with all the problems but no decision-making power. The world needs a new approach.