Harriet Shugarman is one of the leading global voices in the parent climate movement, the founder of ClimateMama, and the award-winning author of the book "How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate, Turning Angst into Action."
Harriet worked for 13 years with the International Monetary Fund including 10 as an IMF representative at the United Nations. Harriet is a mentor and leader with Climate Reality and the recipient of the prestigious Climate Reality Alfredo Sirkis Memorial Green Ring Award; she established the NYC Climate Reality Chapter and served as its first chair.
Harriet is the inaugural chair of the Advisory Council for Our Kids Climate, an international network of parent organizations, a core team member with The Ecopsychepedia Project, a Leadership Council member with Dear Tomorrow and a professor of World Sustainability and Climate Change and Society.
She lives in New York City.