Anjali Vaidya talks lessons and takeaways from the UC Irvine "Fire & Ice" conference.
Breaking the Frame: The Narratives that Help us Fight Climate Change
Provocations
Some like to say that humans can’t face the challenges of climate change because the problem is planetary in scope. We at the Forum for the Academy and the Public think this catastrophe can and must be addressed immediately, locally and globally. That’s why we’re taking a wide-ranging and provocative look at this looming existential disaster at our 2019 conference, Fire and Ice: The Shifting Narrative of Climate Change. With the Trump Administration pulling out of the Paris accords and overturning hundreds of regulations on industrial waste and pollution, this conference could not be more timely.
Legendary climate heroes and communicators Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert, as well as Nathaniel Rich of The New York Times, will join us to discuss why it’s so hard to alter the behaviors that exacerbate the problem and to talk about the importance of continuing to reach out and take action where we live and worldwide. We’ll have internationally-recognized scientists who study oceans, fires, and glaciers talk about climate change in their fields and what can be done at this point. We’ll look at what happens when countries move into industrial overdrive, as in China and India, or when they are caught up willy-nilly in climate change disasters, like so many countries in Africa. And in an attempt to offer context and a measure of necessary hope we will be hosting a panel of lawyers, environmentalists, economists, and activists to discuss climate justice and how to live sustainably.
In this 2019 iteration of Provocations, participants in the upcoming UCI Forum for the Academy and the Public conference, “Fire and Ice: The Shifting Narrative of Climate Change,” will toss ideas onto the page to provide a reference point for opening up the debates and discussions of the conference, which will take place at UCI on February 8 and 9, 2019.
Provocations began as a LARB series produced in conjunction with “What Cannot Be Said: Freedom of Expression in a Changing World,” a conference cosponsored by UCI, USC, and UCLA in January of 2016.
Remote but Relevant
Eric Rignot contributes to the Provocations series in conjunction with UCI's "Fire and Ice: The Shifting Narratives of Climate Change." conference.
Acclimatizing Conservation
Alejandro E. Camacho contributes to the Provocations series in conjunction with UCI's "Fire and Ice: The Shifting Narratives of Climate Change." conference.
Looking Backward, Thinking Forward
Cathy Whitlock contributes to the Provocations series, in conjunction with UCI’s “Fire and Ice: The Shifting Narratives of Climate Change” conference.
Last-of Stories
Elizabeth Kolbert contributes to the Provocations series, in conjunction with UCI’s “Fire and Ice: The Shifting Narratives of Climate Change” conference.
Responding to the Climate Emergency: Socialism or Barbarism
Paul S. Adler contributes to the Provocations series, in conjunction with UCI’s “Fire and Ice: The Shifting Narratives of Climate Change” conference.
Air in the Time of Oil
Gabrielle Hecht contributes to the Provocations series, in conjunction with UCI’s “Fire and Ice: The Shifting Narratives of Climate Change” conference.
