Friday 17 March 2023 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Babbage Lecture Theatre, (Through the Pembroke Archway), New Museums Site Downing Street, CB2 3RS
About
Gaia Vince and Jonathon Porritt will discuss the science, the politics and the implications for the climate movement of the fact that 1.5C is now unattainable if we follow even the most ambitious trajectories highlighted by IPCC; the most ambitious scenario involves an overshoot above 1.5C. What should society do in light of this knowledge? Gaia and Jonathan will share their insights and views, and engage with the audience to explore the issues and possible actions.
About the speakers:
Gaia Vince is a science writer and broadcaster exploring the interplay between human systems and the planetary environment. She is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Anthropocene Institute at UCL and a regular host of BBC Inside Science. Her first book, Adventures In The Anthropocene won the Royal Society Science Book of the Year Prize. Her latest book, Nomad Century: How To Survive The Climate Upheaval, explores global migration and planetary restoration in a radical call to arms.
Jonathon Porritt is the Co-Founder of Forum for the Future. He is a ‘veteran campaigner’ and eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Willmot Dixon Holdings, Chancellor of Keele University, and is involved in the work of many NGOs and charities as Patron, Chair or Special Advisor. He was formerly Director of Friends of the Earth (1984-90); co-chair of the Green Party (1980-83) of which he is still a member; a Trustee of WWF-UK (1991-2005) and a member of the Board of the South West Regional Development Agency (1999-2008). He stood down as Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission in July 2009 after nine years of providing high-level advice to Government Ministers. His new book, ‘Hope in Hell’, was published in June 2020. His recent books are ‘The World We Made’ (2013), ‘Capitalism As If The World Matters’ (Earthscan, revised 2007), ‘Globalism & Regionalism’ (Black Dog 2008) and ‘Living Within Our Means’ (Forum for the Future 2009). Jonathon received a CBE in January 2000 for services to environmental protection.