Book Launch "Everything That Rises: A Climate Change Memoir" with Brianna Craft & Michelle Christopher.

About the Book: 

One of Ms. magazine’s “Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2023” Authentic and inspiring, Everything That Rises personalizes the realities of climate change by paralleling our relationship to the planet with the way we interact within our own homes. Nineteen-year-old Brianna Craft is having a panic attack. A professor’s matter-of-fact explanation of the phenomenon known as “climate change” has her white-knuckling the table in her first environmental studies lecture. Out of her father’s house, she was supposed to be safe. This moment changed everything for Brianna. For her first internship, she jumped at the chance to assist the Least Developed Countries Group at the United Nations’ negotiations meant to produce a new climate treaty. While working for those most ignored yet most impacted by the climate crisis, she grappled with the negligent indifference of those who hold the most power. This dynamic painfully reminded her of growing up in a house where the loudest voice always won and violence silenced those in need. Four years later, Brianna witnessed the adoption of the first universal climate treaty, the Paris Agreement. In this memoir that blends the political with the personal, Brianna dives into what it means to advocate for the future, and for the people and places you love, all while ensuring your own voice doesn’t get lost in the process.

About the Author:

Brianna Craft is a senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). Based in London, she researches climate diplomacy, taking specific interest in the Paris Agreement and provisions to develop and transfer technology.  Craft works to further equity in this forum for the world’s poorest countries, which have done the least to cause climate change but are the most vulnerable to its impacts. Craft holds a master’s degree in environmental studies from Brown University in addition to a bachelor’s degree in architectural studies and minors in urban design and planning, and environmental studies from the University of Washington.

About the Conversation Author:

Michelle S. Christopher, MD is a Palliative Medicine physician and educator. She currently serves as an

attending physician with the Palliative Medicine team at the University Medical Center New Orleans. In

her role as Assistant Professor with the Tulane University School of Medicine, she also works with

medical students, medical residents and fellows. Dr. Christopher’s commitment to improving health

disparities and serving as an advocate for the most vulnerable patients motivates her interests in

medical education and clinical medicine.