Bill Weir is a veteran award-winning anchor, writer, producer, and host who came to CNN in 2013 after a decade of award-winning journalism at ABC News. In 2019, he was named the network’s first Chief Climate Correspondent, drawing on his experience creating and hosting the primetime CNN Original Series “The Wonder List with Bill Weir,” now streaming on Discovery+.
Throughout his network career, Bill’s reported from all 50 states and more than 100 countries, covering breaking news and uncovering global trends including Hurricane Katrina, the Japan tsunami, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. As a writer and anchor, Weir produced several special hours for CNN and ABC prime time on topics ranging from religion, brain science and Woodstock to the business of mail-order brides and the rise and fall of General Motors. His first book, Life As We Know It (Can Be) is on sale April 16th.
Bill discusses the worry and wonder of climate change and how communities can galvanize around nature and each other to provide hope and real change for a better future.
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