Events: detail
The Art and Science of Climate Change: CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- Hosted by:
- British Library / Open University / The Arts Catalyst
- Speaker:
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Dr Michael Bravo, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Aqqaluk Lynge, President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Greenland
- Starts:
- November 05, 2007 at 06:30 pm
- Ends:
- November 05, 2007 at 08:00 pm
- Location:
- British Library Conference Centre, British Library, London, United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
The interdependence of earth systems often means that environments are effected by pollution and climatic changes that happen in the distant past and far-away locations. Inuit activists have been protesting that the right to be cold is part of their basic human rights, which is being diminished by global warming caused by pollution emanating from other parts of the world. This session will ask the question: What are our responsibilities to other people whose lives are being impacted on by our actions? How do these particular rights to be cold exist alongside the universally invoked rights of all and of future generations?
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
All lectures: 18.30 – 20.00
The British Library Conference Centre
Price £6 (concessions £4)
Tickets can be purchased at the British
Library box office http://boxoffice.bl.uk
T +44 (0)1937 546546 or in person at
the Information Desk in the British Library.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Dr Kathryn Yusoff
- Website:
- The Art and Science of Climate Change: CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
