Climate Suffering: Responding to the Human Experience

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Date/Time:Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013 at 8:00 pm
Location:Sun Room, Memorial Union
Cost:Free
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Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
Categories:Lectures Live Green
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Paul Wapner is Professor of Global Environmental Politics at the American University. He is the author of Living Through the End of Nature and Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics. The 2012-13 Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair in Human Sciences.

No matter how much we try to mitigate and adapt to climate change, there will still be unprecedented amounts of human suffering. This talk explores how people on the front lines of climate change are making sense of their experience, the choices societies face for enduring climate hardship, and how we can respond to climate suffering.