The Vanderbilt alumnus was the keynote speaker for the June 25-27 Workshop on Climate Variability and Water Resource Management in the Southeast, hosted by Vanderbilt University and sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Geological Survey and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Campbell explained how environmental aspects such as climate variability, resource management and water quality must translate into effective public policy to result in change. He said science and responsible leadership are the necessary components to creating such policy.
Scientific information is something of value in the development of real-world solutions.
He emphasized that the responsibility of working toward an ecological balance does not belong to only a few. Everyone must work together. We must bring the critics together with those who implement the policy. That's the only way we will have an effective change of the problems we encounter in our environment. We must understand that we are in this together.