The United Nations has called climate change “the defining crisis of our time.” The planet is in peril — and extreme weather events are already causing displacement and food and water insecurity. Yet because of corporate influence, disinformation campaigns and political gridlock, nations have been unable to agree on the actions needed to slow its impact. As world leaders struggle to confront this issue, what can individuals and communities learn from climate scientists and grassroots leaders? And how can we reimagine a healthier planet?

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Catherine Coleman Flowers (@CathFlowers) is a MacArthur grant-winning activist and the founder of The Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ), which is dedicated to improving access to clean air, water and soil in rural communities in the United States. She is also the author of "Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret.”

Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D. (@KHayhoe) is the chief scientist for The Nature Conservatory. She is the author of “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World,” as well as the writer and producer of PBS Digital Studios’s “Global Weirding: Climate, Politics and Religion” series.

Colette Pichon Battle, Esq. (@CPichonBattle) is a climate activist and lawyer. She is the founder and executive director of Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP), a nonprofit public-interest firm that formed more than a decade ago in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Moderator Zoya Teirstein (@zteirstein) is a staff writer at Grist, where she reports on public health and climate stories.

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