In April 2019 the Western Political Science Association (WPSA) convened its annual meeting in San Diego, with the theme: The Politics of Climate Change. The Center on Global Justice partnered closely with Pi Sigma Alpha (the national Political Science Honors Society and the UC San Diego Department of Political Science to host University of California President Janet Napolitano to deliver the 2019 Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture, titled: Combatting Climate Change.