Risk and Behavioral Scientist

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. She is a TEDx, SXSW, and globally recognized keynote speaker for companies like Goldman Sachs and Mercer.

Sweta is the US President for We Don't Have Time, the world's largest social network and review platform on the climate. She is a partner at Pioneer Public Affairs. 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. She is an Independent Director at Lightbridge Corp. where she chairs the ESG committee, and is on advisory boards for Climate Power and EarthHQ--the media arm of Global Commons Alliance. She is a 2019 Millennium Fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Sweta has built her career around how to connect science, policy, and communication to change attitudes, empower audiences, and inspire action.