Climate commitments -- It's not about targets anymore.
Join Elizabeth as she delivers a Pacific Institute of Theoretical Physics Lecture at UBC.
The recent Paris Agreement, which has the goal of avoiding a 1.5 degrees C rise in global temperature, means the governments of the 195 nations of the world agree that we are going to stop relying on fossil fuels for energy. If there is any room for debate, it is now about the time table. But the commitment to 1.5 degrees means only one thing: if we are serious about that goal, we must get off fossil fuels within a decade or two, with no procrastination or back-sliding. This talk will discuss what this will mean, for all of us.
Additional resources for this talk will be available after the talk.
This event is open to the public. For more information, please refer to the event's website.
Date: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016
Time: 7:30PM PDT
Location: Room 200, Hennings Building, 6224 Agricultural Road, UBC