A hot topic: why we disagree about climate change

A hot topic: why we disagree about climate change

A hot topic: why we disagree about climate change

event Saturday, September 24, 2022 schedule 11.00am - 12.00pm BST
event Saturday, September 24, 2022 schedule 11.00am - 12.00pm BST
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Climate change: why is it such a divisive issue? What physical but also intellectual consequences does it have for our planet?
In-person at Sidgwick | £15 Included in £10 Virtual Pass
Open to: 
Alumni and guests
Theme: 
Climate, sustainability and conservation
Location: 
Sidgwick Site | View details

Climate change has not only monumental physical effects on our planet, but also provokes difficult moral discussions, as it re-shapes the way we think about ourselves and humanity's place on Earth. Drawing upon 35 years' experience as a climate change scientist and commentator, Professor Mike Hulme joins Professor Bhaskar Vira to discuss the emergence of this environmental, cultural and political phenomenon, and the diverse and divisive ways in which it is understood.

A hot topic: why we disagree about climate change

Speakers

Professor Bhaskar Vira (St John's 1988)

Professor Bhaskar Vira

Professor Bhaskar Vira is Professor of Political Economy and Head of the Department of Geography. He researches the political economy of environment and development. In particular, he asks how large-scale economic, societal and environmental transformations are governed; questions the values that frame how human societies engage with each other and with nature.

Until 2019, Bhaskar was Founding Director of the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute. He remains closely involved with Cambridge’s Conservation Initiative, and Global Food Security Interdisciplinary Research Centre. He also works with the Centre for Science and Policy, Cambridge Zero, and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Professor Mike Hulme

Professor Mike Hulme

Professor Mike Hulme is Professor of Human Geography, and studies the cultural and epistemic construction of the idea of climate change. Before joining Cambridge in 2017, he was Professor of Climate and Culture and Head of Department at King's College London. Mike was the Founding Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, based at the University of East Anglia.

He led the preparation of several climate reports for the UK Government, and in 2007 the Nobel Peace Prize committee formally recognised his 'significant contribution' to the work of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Location

Sidgwick Site
West Road
Cambridge
CB3 9DP
United Kingdom

Contact

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