Is Wisconsin a climate change haven?

Moderator: Alexandra Tempus
Panelist: Daryl Fairweather
Panelist: Mrill Ingram
Panelist: Larry Larson

Location: This virtual session was filmed live on Sept. 15

Migration driven by climate change is already happening in the United States and is only likely to accelerate. The upper Midwest and Wisconsin in particular are sometimes identified as climate change havens, removed from rising coastal waters and ravaging wildfires. Is that an accurate assessment, and if so what does that mean for us here? Listen to a fascinating panel discuss how things might play out in the coming decades.

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