The Nobel Laureate himself was, unfortunately, unable to attend, but his fellow laureate William E. Moerner luckily stepped in to deliver the powerful
speech on «Science as an Insurance Policy to the
Risks of
Climate Change».
-- He has not given a substantial
speech focused
on the responsibility of the world's greatest emitter of greenhouse gases to face up to the long - term
risks posed by the rising human influence
on the
climate system and pursue the opportunities that lie in a sustained «energy quest.»