Collins Conference Room
Seminar
  US Mountain Time

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Gabrielle Walker (Xynteo)

Abstract. Much of the science has been clear now for decades: concentrations of anthropogenic greenhouse gases are dramatically increasing in the atmosphere and oceans as a consequence of increased combustion of fossil fuels, land-use changes and agricultural practices. The consequences are already being felt in the form of ocean acidification, changing seasons, rising sea levels, increasing droughts and intensifying storms – which in turn have implications for exacerbating rising inequality, mass migration and destabilization of the global economy. Although the model predictions of future consequences are less certain, it is very clear that we are taking a substantial risk with the environment on which we depend to make our collective living. However, until relatively recently this message has fallen on very deaf ears in the worlds of public policy and business. This talk will explore the causes and consequences of climate change, what happens when an important set of scientific findings clashes with the perceived interests or lack of understanding of leaders of private and public sector organizations, and the ways in which this clash of cultures is finally changing – for the better.

Purpose: 
Research Collaboration
SFI Host: 
Jennifer Dunne

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