Evidence first. Whatever the audience.
Roger speaks to organizations across business, government, academia, nonprofits, and the political spectrum because important ideas should be tested through broad engagement. Every presentation is tailored to the audience's interests and questions, but the analysis follows the evidence wherever it leads.
Organizations invite Roger Pielke Jr. to help audiences understand complex issues in climate, energy, disasters, risk, and scientific integrity through independent, evidence-based analysis.
Every presentation draws on decades of scholarship, continuously updated public data dashboards, and ongoing analysis published at The Honest Broker — audiences receive current evidence, not a recycled slide deck.
Whether speaking to corporate leaders, universities, governments, professional societies, or public audiences, Roger's goal is the same: to clarify what the evidence shows, where uncertainty remains, and what it means for better decision-making.
My commitment is straightforward:
- Follow the evidence.
- Acknowledge uncertainty.
- Engage respectfully with differing viewpoints.
- Present the same analytical standards to every audience.
What Audiences Can Expect
Each presentation is tailored to the interests and questions of the audience, while maintaining the same independent analytical perspective. Typical briefings include:
- The latest evidence from continuously updated climate and disaster dashboards
- The current state of the scientific literature
- Historical context often missing from public discussions
- What is well established, what remains uncertain, and why
- Practical implications for policy, business, and risk management
- Extended audience Q&A
Topics
Climate Risk Beyond the Headlines
Understanding what decades of observations and research actually say about climate change and extreme weather.
Energy Transition
Progress, trade-offs, technology, economics, and policy.
Extreme Weather
Hurricanes, floods, drought, wildfire, heat, disaster losses, and the challenges of detecting long-term trends.
Scientific Integrity
How science informs public decisions in highly polarized environments.
Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Using evidence effectively when risks are complex and certainty is impossible.
Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics
The Honest Broker's core theme: how science actually functions (and malfunctions) in political decision-making.
The Politicization of Science
How scientific institutions, journals, and experts become entangled in partisan fights, and what that costs.
Sports Governance
Fair play, doping, and institutional integrity in elite and Olympic sport.
An Independent Perspective
Roger regularly engages with organizations across business, academia, government, professional societies, and the nonprofit sector.
He believes important ideas should be tested before diverse audiences, and that evidence should be examined through open discussion rather than presented only to those who already agree.
Presentations are prepared for each audience's interests and questions, but the analysis is not adapted to fit an organization's preferred conclusions.
Built on Year-Round Research
Roger's presentations are informed by an integrated research platform that includes:
- Weekly analysis at The Honest Broker
- Public climate and extreme weather dashboards — Global Tropical Cyclones & the US Extreme Weather and Climate Change Dashboard
- Peer-reviewed research (Google Scholar profile)
- Books and major media commentary
- The annual State of Climate Extremes report
This ongoing work ensures that every presentation reflects the latest evidence, not a static lecture developed months or years earlier.
Recent Audiences
Universities · Fortune 500 companies · Insurance and financial institutions · Government agencies · Professional societies · Think tanks · International organizations
Booking
Organizations interested in keynote presentations, executive briefings, panel discussions, workshops, or moderated conversations are invited to get in touch.
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