Sweta Chakraborty

Agnostic, Change Agent, Connector, Philanthropist, Scientist, Single, World traveler

Dr. Sweta Chakraborty is a risk and behavioral scientist whose work is motivated by the need for clear, credible, evidence-based communication to urgently and proactively manage the risks that threaten human security and well-being from climate change to COVID-19. She is regularly interviewed on major, international news media outlets including CNN, the NYT, the BBC, Forbes, Fox News Channel, Sky News, CBS, and MSNBC to name a few. She has appeared on networks like Nickelodeon and Discovery+, where she was featured alongside Kamala Harris for an Earth Day 2021 special. Sweta has written extensively in peer-reviewed journals, is a book author from her time as a postdoc at Oxford University, and is currently working on her second book on adaptation to global risks. Sweta is the CEO for We Don't Have Time, North America, the world's largest social network and review platform on the climate. She is the Chair of Top Tier Impact's Policy Action Unit. She is also the founder and principle of Adapt to Thrive, a venture that seeks to better inform individuals, businesses, and government entities on the complex, interconnected challenges, such as food security and disease, already existing and emerging from a warming planet. Sweta has built her career around how to connect science, policy, and communication to change attitudes, empower audiences, and inspire action.

Helping people confront their brains and regain control of their decision-making by understanding the innate biases that influence the reception and interpretation of messages. This is the critical first step of what can be done at an individual level to help address the looming challenges ahead for our shared planet…that will require us to make tough decisions entrenched in science NOT ideology. I'm passionate in helping people become radical in their commitments to the facts and ultimately better aligned to the reality of the risks we are facing as a global populace.

Do not trust your brain: innate biases are the bane of our existence (my TEDx)

Behavioral Science, Climate Change, Communication, Decision Science, Energy, Food Security, Infectious Disease, Policymaking, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Risk Perception

I gave my TEDxYYC talk as part of a innovative "Drive-In" experience last month, and am in awe of the creativity and enthusiasm behind all things TED.

classical Indian dance!