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How can economies reform to address climate change and biodiversity loss, and achieve ecological ambitions?
We face unprecedented levels of degradation of our environment, and the idea that economic growth is a universal remedy for modern societies' most pressing challenges requires further scrutiny to ensure we move towards a sustainable future.
Understanding the socioeconomic context of biodiversity loss is key for effective policymaking when it comes to conservation and addressing environmental challenges. A growing body of evidence shows that economic growth contributes to biodiversity loss through greater resource consumption and higher greenhouse gas emissions. Wealth accumulation in highly developed countries is also increasingly recognised as a key driver of global environmental degradation, with interventions being ill-equipped to address the subsequent biodiversity collapse.
This event will articulate visions of pathways for sustainable futures where humans have the capability to flourish within the ecological and resource constraints of a finite planet, suggesting ways forward for nature recovery.
Speakers will highlight the need for reform in terms of the growth paradigm to achieve ecological ambitions, and discuss how a reconfiguration of our economies is essential to meet international pledges on climate change and biodiversity. The event will specifically highlight how current paradigms and approaches limit opportunities for conservation success, and how interdisciplinary perspectives need to be combined, and new alliances formed, to deliver the transformations required for securing the future we want.
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Speakers
- Professor Nathalie Pettorelli, Institute of Zoology, ZSL
- Dr Paul Behrens, Associate Professor of Environmental Change, Leiden University
- Dr Rachel Carmenta, Associate Professor in Climate Change and International Development, University of East Anglia
- Professor Robert Costanza, UCL
This event will be chaired by Professor Nathalie Pettorelli.
- This Science and Conservation Event is free to attend but registration is required so we can monitor event numbers. Book your free ticket now.
- The event will feature talks from the speakers, followed by a Q&A discussion panel. It will run from 6:00pm - 7:30pm, and doors will open at 5:30pm.
- Seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Venue: Huxley Lecture Theatre at the Meeting Rooms of the Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, NW1 4RY. See map (number 2 on the Key).
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