Solutions to the threat of rapid climate change: Can they be both fair and effective?
Date/Time
01/28/2021
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Solutions to the threat of rapid climate change:
Can they be both fair and effective?
John L Keller, PhD, CCM
Thursday, January 28, 2021
7:00 -8:30 pm,
Winchester Unitarian Society via Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/98610207681?pwd=c2p2TDgxdXRlcFhVbENiRDJWb1RLZz09
Rapid global climate change is underway, and accelerating. To scientists, the cause is crystal clear: disruption of our planet’s natural carbon cycle largely from the burning of fossil fuels. A transition to a global economic system based on net-zero carbon dioxide emissions must happen within the next several decades to avoid the collapse of the global economic and political order.
Dr. Keller will address key questions, including:
- What is the magnitude of the climate mitigation challenge?
- Can humanity mitigate the worst impacts of climate change?
- How much would transition to a net-zero economy cost for the US and globally?
- What is the link between energy availability and human development?
- What are the environmental justice implications of our current fossil-fuel based global energy industry?
- Can the fossil fueled global economic system be changed while ending extreme poverty?
- Can market-based solutions, such as a carbon tax, be effective and consistent with environmental justice?
- What is the nature of the political coalition challenging efforts to effectively address global climate change?
- What actions can you take personally to make a significant difference?
John Keller is a full-time volunteer with the nonprofit Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL advocates for a national revenue-neutral carbon fee by lobbying congress and building political will through public education. John’s career in meteorology and climate applications began in the early 1970s.