Explore how recent popular movements like Extinction Rebellion are helping avert a climate catastrophe. Register here.
About this Event
In 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that we have only 12 years at current global greenhouse gas emissions rates before our chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C are seriously at risk. We have a brief window in which to act, and to do so with enough force, commitment and ambition to achieve a rapid decarbonisation of the global economy. This lecture will examine the role of recent popular movements in contributing to averting climate catastrophe, including in particular, Extinction Rebellion. Building on social movement and environmental governance theory, the lecture will examine Extinction Rebellion’s strategy, its emphasis on non-violent civil disobedience and its impact before asking: what, beyond grassroots politics, would a transformational movement built around climate change involve? How might broader webs of influence act as a catalyst for far reaching action by nation states?
Special Guest Neil Gunningham is a lawyer and social scientist working in the areas of climate, energy and environmental regulation and governance. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and a Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the Australian National University He is a past Fulbright Scholar and Distinguished Research Professor at Cardiff University. His books include Smart Regulation: Designing Environmental Policy, and Shades of Green: Business, Regulation and Environment.
Hosted by Prof. Jeremy Moss and organised by the Climate Justice Initiative.