Hans Joachim Schellnhuber: Saving the World in Style
What is the true scope and urgency of the climate challenge? What strategic transformations of the industrial metabolism are necessary for avoiding planetary disruptions? And are there subversive innovations – jokers in the pack – that help to save the world?
Come to listen as John Schellnhuber takes an unorthodox approach to climate action, possibly changing the way you look at, e.g., fashion, wood and passports.

About the speaker:
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is one of the world’s leading climate scientists, founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and member of the German Government’s Advisory Council on Global Change. Amongst other positions, he currently leads the High-Level Panel of the European Decarbonisation Pathways Initiative of the European Commission, was Chief Government Advisor on climate and related issues during the German G8/EU twin presidency in 2007 and has served as a principal advisor to the European Commission President Barroso. Furthermore, he has been a long-standing member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
Professor Schellnhuber studied mathematics and physics in Regensburg and Oldenburg. In 1991, he was called upon to create the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and became its director in 1993, overseeing its growth to one of the world’s most renowned climate research institutes. In 2018, the Institute was ranked as the world’s most influential environmental think tank in the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Think Tank Report.
Date: 3 May 2018, 17:30
Venue: Keble College, Parks Road OX1 3PG
Venue Details: Pusey Room
Speaker: Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)
Organiser contact email address: felix.heilmann@balliol.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Felix Heilmann