Drawing on his extensive experience of writing and reporting on climate and environmental sustainability, Andrew Revkin visited Columbia University on Nov. 1, 2017 to discuss the role of media and the scientific community in the current moment, and the challenges and opportunities of sustaining a public dialogue on climate change and related issues. Introduction and moderation by Dr. Peter DeMenocal, Dean of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and founding director of the Columbia University Center for Climate and Life. The lecture was part of the Incitement Series, a series of public lectures sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics (INCITE) through the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Lecture Series.