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“Climate crisis: the need, obstacles, and potential for a just transition to a post fossil society” Talk

June 27 @ 12:30 pm

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Climate Change

The Speaker Series: “Climate Talks for Everyone” is designed to provide you with everything you ever wanted to know about climate change and taking action. Listen to presentations about the science behind climate change, its impact on our planet, and what you can do to help.  This is brought to you by your Climate Educators CAT cosponsors below including the Peace and Climate Justice group. (Sign the latter groups petition here.) Note the talk by Prof. Farah Hegazi has been cancelled.

Upcoming Speakers

Thursday, June 27, 9:30 AM Arizona time, 12:30 PM East Coast Time, 18:30 ECT time, 19:340 EAT,   Climate crisis: the need, obstacles, and potential for a just transition to a post fossil society,” by author and scientist Dr. Staffan Laestadius. This is a direct, live presentation from Dalarna, Sweden.  

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Friday, June 28, 6:30 AM Arizona Time, 9:30 AM East Coast Time,15:30 Central European Time, (live from Germany), Wars in a warming world: synergies between climate change mitigation and conflict prevention, by Dr. Nina von Uexkull. This is a direct, live presentation from Germany.

Nina von Uexkull is Professor of International Politics at University of Konstanz, Germany, and an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her main research interests are the impacts of climate change and climate change policies on armed conflict and human security. Her work has been published in leading academic journals and received the 2022 Oscar Prize awarded by Uppsala UniversityShe currently leads the project ‘Petroleum, prices and protests: The impact of climate change mitigation on social unrest’, funded by the Swedish Research Council.  

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Saturday, June 29, 6:30 AM Arizona Time, 9:30 AM East Coast Time,15:30 Central European Time, (live from Russia and India), Panel discussion on disarmament for welfare and the environemnt with East and South featuring activists Oleg Bodrov (left) of Russia, Soumya Dutta (right) of India, and others.

 

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Please sign our petition for Peace and Climate Justice here.

För general information and past talks including one recently of 350.org‘s Bill McKibben, please visit and view presentations here.