This seminar introduces basic concepts and definitions for climate change, examining how to place climate change in wider contexts alongside the challenges and opportunities in defining, interpreting, and governing climate change. Climate change impacts are illustrated through island case studies. Based on this basic understanding of climate change, its impacts, and its place within development, the audience will be asked to summarise the challenges and opportunities of global governance for climate change.
The event is open to all.
Ilan Kelman (ilankelman.org) is a Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at University College London, England and a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo. His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, including the integration of climate change into disaster research and health research. That covers three main areas: (i) disaster diplomacy and health diplomacy (disasterdiplomacy.org) ;