- Time
- 19:00 - 21:00
Events & Opportunities
If climate change is (like) war, what follows?
- Date(s)
- November 8, 2022
- Location
- Queen's University Belfast & Online
Dr. Ross Mittiga Assistant Professor, Instituto de Ciencia Política, Universidad Católica de Chile will present the next Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action public lecture in the 'What is to be done?: responding to our multiple crises' series.
Many well-known commentators and political leaders have compared climate change to war, usually in way of advocating a massive mobilization of public resources and the lifestyle sacrifices that this might entail. This session will take the analogy in a different direction, asking: if climate change is (like) war, who are the main aggressors? And what can we—the foot-soldiers of sustainability—do to stop them?