As the world’s eyes turn to Egypt for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), Austin-based Texas Impact/Texas Interfaith Power & Light is sending to the Chronicle daily dispatches from the conference.
Texas-based climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe is a global leader in climate communications. Hayhoe is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); a professor at Texas Tech University; and Chief Scientist at The Nature Conservancy. Here, Hayhoe explains why climate change matters so much in Texas.

Follow Texas Impact/Texas Interfaith Power & Light’s continuing coverage from COP27.
About Texas Impact
Texas Impact exists to put faith into action. We equip faith leaders and their congregations with the information, opportunities, and outreach tools to educate their communities and engage with lawmakers on pressing public policy issues. We are an interfaith group that works together on issues that impact the most vulnerable people in our communities. We help people live out their faith in the public square, moving the faith community from charity to justice.
This article appears in November 11 • 2022.




