Joseph Romm
I demystify the solutions to climate change so students, professionals, and companies can prepare and adapt.
Rolling Stone magazine named Dr. Joseph Romm one of “the 100 people who are changing America” in 2009.
He is a leading expert on climate solutions and clean energy—and how to communicate those to the public.
"Joe Romm, in my opinion, is one of the most tough-minded advocates for climate action,” as Senator Tim Worth introduced me for a 2016 talk. That’s why, for over three decades, I have spoken to and worked with countless companies, individuals, and others who want to understand how they can thrive economically while helping in this essential task.
Paul Krugman, NY Times columnist and Nobel prize-winning economist said, “I have learned much of what I know about energy economics from Joe Romm".
About Joseph
Meet Joseph
Dr. Romm was named by Time magazine “Hero of the Environment″ and “The Web’s most influential climate-change blogger” in 2009. He is a leading expert on climate solutions and clean energy—and how to communicate those to the public.
Romm is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media. Romm holds a PhD in physics from MIT. He has authored hundreds of articles, eight books on climate change and clean energy, and two books on public speaking and storytelling.
In the 1990s, Romm spent five years working on climate solutions at the US Department of Energy. For three years, he helped run the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, ultimately serving as Acting Assistant Secretary, overseeing $1 billion in R&D and demonstration of low-carbon technologies. This included renewables, building efficiency, industrial decarbonization, energy storage, bioenergy, hydrogen, and electric cars.
Romm was Chief Science Advisor for the Emmy-winning docuseries “Years of Living Dangerously.” His Oxford University Press book was called “the best single-source primer on the state of climate change” by New York Magazine.
Romm has given hundreds of talks on these topics in the past three decades to every kind of audience, from companies to trade associations to universities to a hundred thousand people on the National Mall on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.
Joseph's Talks
Dangerous Climate Myths Vs. Real Solutions
The big lies behind carbon offsets, direct air capture, nuclear, hydrogen, bioenergy, and net zero—and what we should do instead. There's a lot of public discourse around climate change emphasizing magical "solutions" that are too slow, too expensive, outright phony, or make things worse. But we have all the solutions we need. Today.
Dr. Joseph Romm demystifies climate change and explains the most effective actions for you, your company, and the country.
Sink, Swim or Surf: How will you and your company thrive even as the climate worsens?
A Time magazine, “Hero of the Environment,” explains what students, professionals, and companies need to know about climate change and its solutions to prepare, adapt, and profit. How big a problem is climate change? What are the real solutions? What are the overhyped ones? How should this affect critical decisions you and your company need to make?
The climate essentials from the scientist CNN talk show host Van Jones called “The communicator’s communicator.”
What Taylor Swift can teach you about storytelling can change your life
Rolling Stone magazine named Dr. Joseph Romm one of “the 100 people who are changing America.” In this talk, Romm, a leading expert on storytelling discusses why excellence in storytelling can be the difference-maker in your professional and personal life. He then explains the secrets of storytelling through the lyrics of Taylor Swift, one of the century’s greatest and most successful storytellers.
Romm is the author of ten books, including “How to Go Viral and Reach Millions” and “Language Intelligence: Lessons on Persuasion from Jesus, Shakespeare, Lincoln, and Lady Gaga.” CNN host Van Jones said of the latter book, “This book changed my life, and it can change yours, too. Joe Romm understands the secrets of persuasion and messaging, and he has distilled them into this must-read book.”
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“Joe Romm is one of the best communicators we have,” and “Joe Romm understands the secret of making things go viral.”
Bill McKibben
best-selling author and 350.org founder
“Joe Romm is the communicator’s communicator. He has mastered the ancient rules of rhetoric and updated them for the digital age”
Van Jones
CNN host
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