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So you’ve declared a Climate Emergency, now what? Event @ Exeter Uni
May 23, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
So you’ve declared a Climate Emergency, now what?
Date: Thursday 23 May 2019
Time: 18.00 – 20.00
Venue: Alumni Auditorium, The Forum, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4SZ
Video link: Exchange Lecture Theatre, Penryn Campus
This public event is hosted by the University of Exeter Global Systems Institute in Partnership with Transition Exeter and Exeter Community Energy.
Event Information
On 1 May 2019 UK MPs approved a motion to declare an environment and climate emergency.
More than 60 towns and cities across the UK have already declared “a climate emergency” including Devon and Cornwall County Councils.
Last month the University of Bristol became the first UK university to make a similar declaration. There is no single definition of what “a climate emergency” means but many local authorities state they want to be carbon-neutral by 2030. This will only be achievable through dramatic cuts in emissions which requires social transformation.
What steps are required to achieve rapid and extensive change?
Deep cuts in emissions will involve far-reaching changes to everyday lives, physical infrastructures, patterns of investment and divestment. How can we ensure such change is rapid and extensive, yet also socially acceptable, fair and leaves no-one behind? Research suggests most people are not willing to voluntarily give up consuming meat and dairy products, driving a car and taking overseas holidays.
Is this likely to change? If so, how? What is the potential for a Citizens Assembly to enable social transformation?
This public meeting will explore these issues with a diverse panel and questions from the audience. Join us for some lively discussion and distraction from the European elections!
Panel members
- Event chair: Patrick Devine-Wright, Professor in Human Geography
- Richard Betts, Chair in Climate Impacts
- Alice Moseley, Lecturer in Politics
- A Fridays for Future (Exeter) representative
- Glenn Woodcock, Exeter City Futures
- Local authority / public sector representative (tbc)
A public event hosted by the Global Systems Institute
The Global Systems Institute is applying Earth system science to generating networked solutions. Our aim is to work with others to secure a flourishing future for humanity as an integral part of a life-sustaining Earth system. We are uniting a trans-disciplinary group of researchers, educators and partners to look beyond single ‘environmental’ issues to a truly systemic view of coupled global changes in the human social and economic sphere and the biosphere.
Venue
Main venue: Alumni Auditorium, The Forum, Streatham Campus, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4SZ. Building number 3 on the Streatham Campus map.
For Streatham maps and directions, please visit this page.
Video link: Exchange Lecture Theatre, The Exchange, Penryn Campus, TR10 9FE.
For Penryn maps and directions, please visit this page.
Registration
To register for the event please click the ‘register’ link at the top of this page.
If you have any enquiries regarding the event, please email research-events@exeter.ac.uk
Please note filming, recording and photography may take place at this event.