The Pandemic & Climate Change
Can COVID-19 get us to respond to the climate crisis?
City Conversations continues in a live online format while we continue physically distancing!
The international response to the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that humans can react quickly when their health is threatened. Another great threat to humanity–and to the planet–is climate change. But unlike COVID-19’s immediate threat, most people and governments have been unwilling to take action against a threat whose current impacts may be less apparent. So, is it time to rethink and reframe climate change as a threat to public health?
At this online event, we’ll hear from urbanist and former Vancouver City Councillor Gord Price and economist/entrepreneur Michael Brown, who both contributed to the 1990 report Clouds of Change, one of the earliest civic studies of global warming. Representing a newer generation of climate activists, we’ll also hear from Adriana Laurent-Seibt of UBC Climate Hub and Rebecca Hamilton of Sustainabiliteens.
This event will be hosted online. After you register, you will receive instructions for logging into the online event via email.
Wednesday, June 17
12:00 PM
Hosted online.
Free event | Registration required
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