& Ph.D. student in the University Program in Environmental Policy at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment and the Sanford School of Public Policy . Sagar Shah: I think that when I talk to people back here at Duke who are asking how it was, it’s really easy to be pessimistic about what the media coverage of world leaders is or what climate pledges are made, but the people there, around the world, I know now that in every community of this planet there are people who care immensely about climate change and they’re going to keep fighting until there’s no longer physically possible. Gabriela Nagle Alverio: I do think we accomplished some really important things.