A conversation series about the climate emergency
The American Library in Paris, News Decoder and the Climate Academy at the European School Brussels II are delighted to announce Ecologues, a series of six interactive webinars featuring experts on various aspects of the environmental crisis.
When: Last Thursday of the month, January to June 2023, from 19h to 20h30 CET Where: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris and Online
How did we get here, and where are we going?
- Matthew Pye – philosophy teacher, author of “Plato Tackles Climate Change” and founder of the Climate Academy
- Rahmina Paullete – environmentalist, activist and founder of Kisumu Environmental Champs
- Alister Doyle – former environmental journalist for Reuters and author of “The Great Melt”
The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
About the speakers:
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Marie Cohuet, a spokesperson for Alternatiba, is a climate and social justice activist.
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Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, writer, conservationist and former head of creative services at WWF.
- Floriane Marié specializes in climate education in Latin America and Africa
“What we have to do is really clear. We also know exactly what will be required to have climate policy success – we have to stop burning fossil fuels by the middle of the century”, says Tom Burke from E3G
What is stopping us?
About the speakers:
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Andreas Rüdinger, coordinates IDDRI’s, a sustainable transition think tank
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Tom Burke the Chairman of Third Generation Environmentalism, a climate change think tank
- Emi Bertoli, International Energy Agency representative
- Golnoosh Mir Moghtadaei, Enertime representative and YES-Europe France coordinator
How to feed the world, we might ask, without destroying the planet?
About the speakers:
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George Monbiot, author of Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet, is a columnist, filmmaker, and essayist.
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Sébastien Treyer is Executive Director of IDDRI, a think tank which facilitates the transition towards sustainable development.
- Emma Heiling is the Founder & CEO of ClimaTalk, a youth-led non-profit organisation demystifying climate policy and empowering young people in the fight for climate action.
Can the way nations spend money help bring about the change needed to cool the Earth?
Bianca Getzel is a Research Officer in the Development and Public Finance Programme at global affairs think tank ODI.
Marlowe Hood is Senior Editor at Agence France-Presse, covering science, environment, and the climate crisis.
Juan Pablo Arellano is a former content director at ClimateScience, specializing in creating accessible and trustworthy content on climate change solutions. He studied economics and environmental science at university and is currently pursuing a master’s degree on degrowth.
LEGISLATING FOR THE FUTURE
How can we expand our sense of time to confront the long-term (and increasingly short-term) devastation of the climate crisis? How to, moreover, legislate against this devastation? And to legislate on behalf of who exactly? The rivers and the trees? The children of the future?
About the speakers:
- Tim Crossland, a former barrister, is the Director of Plan B, a foundation supporting strategic legal action to prevent catastrophic climate change.
- Rémi Parmentier, a founding member of Greenpeace International, helped to conceptualize and establish the Global Ocean Commission.
Conversations will be hybrid, taking place in person at the American Library in Paris and online. Though participants are encouraged to join all six sessions for a holistic overview, the discrete and diverse nature of topics will allow audience members to attend based on interest.