BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260808T153310EDT-0475mLziXj@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260808T193310Z DESCRIPTION:GEC3 Climate Change Impacts & Adaptations Speaker Series\nDr. K aren O'Brien\nDepartment of Sociology and Human Geography\nUniversity of O slo\n\n\n Climate change does not merely\nchallenge a “business as usual” approach to economic\ngrowth and development\, it raises fundamental ethic al\nquestions\, including issues of equity\, justice and human\nsecurity. For academic research to make valuable\ncontributions to bringing about ch anges in both\nunderstanding and policy\, there is a need for more innovat ive\napproaches\, drawing on different disciplines and types of\nknowledge . I will discuss some of the social challenges of\nresponding to climate c hange\, and explain why it is time for\nhuman dimensions research to go mu ch deeper\, exploring\nhow culture\, values\, and\nworldviews influence sy stems and behaviors. I will\nexplain why I think an integral approach can help us to\nbetter understand and address some of the\ncontradictions and paradoxes that are impeding action\ntowards a sustainable future.\nDr Kare n L. O'Brien is chair of the Global\nEnvironmental Change and Human Securi ty (GECHS) project of\nthe International Human Dimensions Programme on\nGl obal Environmental Change (IHDP). Her current\nresearch focuses on climate change vulnerability and\nadaptation\, and on the role that values and wo rldviews\nplay in responding to environmental change. She has recently\npu blished a book with Robin Leichenko on “Environmental\nChange and Globaliz ation: Double Exposures” (Oxford\nUniversity Press\, 2008).\n DTSTART:20090218T170000Z DTEND:20090218T180000Z LOCATION:Burnside Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B9\, 805 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:The Human Dimensions of Climate Change: Is it Time to go Deeper? URL:/channels/event/human-dimensions-climate-change-it -time-go-deeper-104574 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR