A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Climate Change

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming Reality of Everything symposium and the interconnected crises of climate change and other global issues.

Last week I hosted a ‘Hoon’ on Substack Live previewing The Reality of Everything symposium to be held at Victoria University of Wellington on June 26, which will examine the interconnected crises of climate change, energy, water & food constraints, economic instability & public health. I was joined by regular Hoon guest Cathrine Dyer , conference speaker and Vic Uni Professor of Climate Change James Renwick and climate scientist Andy Reisinger , speaking independently and not in his role as a Climate Change Commissioner. We started by talking about the need for the Symposium and referring to the National Emergency Briefing held in the UK last year, including an address by Zennström Professor of Climate and Energy at Uppsala University and Chair of Energy and Climate Change at the University of Manchester, Professor Kevin Anderson. The video of his address is below via Youtube. We talked about the intersection of climate change with other crises, the realities of climate science, the urgency of action, and the systemic changes needed to address the climate crisis. Here’s Catherine’s substack post announcing the conference. And a follow-up post with the latest details. Here’s the…

People in this episode

Host: Bernard Hickey

Guests: Cathrine Dyer, James Renwick, Andy Reisinger

Topics covered

• climate change
• interconnected crises
• economic instability
• public health
• energy constraints
• food constraints

Keywords

• climate science
• systemic changes
• global warming
• symposium
• emergency briefing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Victoria University of Wellington, Uppsala University, University of Manchester

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