Grand Environmental Challenges: Exploring the Interplay Between Global Dynamics and Local Realities
As environmental challenges escalate, and the responses required become ever more urgent, tensions are emerging between the globally adopted goals and local actions needed to achieve them.

How capable are global decision-making institutions for addressing these challenges? How can we best upscale local knowledge and capabilities into global research and decision making? How do we equitably and effectively disaggregate global targets into local actions?

Join us as we explore these questions and more with our panel of experts, and continue the discussions afterwards at our drinks reception. All welcome!

Since we are hosting a drinks reception after the event, we ask that you quickly register using the form link provided so we can track numbers of attendees. Note that you are still welcome to join the event on the day if you have not registered.

Date: 2nd May 2024
Event time: 5pm – 6.30pm
Drinks reception time: 6.30pm – 7pm
Venue: Jesus College Auditorium, Turl Street, Oxford. Directions to the venue will be sent via email after you register.

Register here: https://forms.gle/rJHS5NrYigfraZTL9

Expert Panel: – Prof Michael Obersteiner, Director – Environmental Change Institute – Dr Bronwyn Wake, Editor in Chief – Nature Climate Change – Dr Stephanie Brittain, Research Fellow – Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science – Dr Rhian Rees-Owen, International Climate Science Lead, IPCC and UNFCCC – UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Date: 2 May 2024, 17:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Venue: Jesus College, Turl Street OX1 3DW
Venue Details: Jesus College Ship Street Centre (Directions to the venue will be sent via email after you register).
Speakers: Professor Michael Obersteiner (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford), Dr Bronwyn Wake (Nature Climate Change), Dr Rhain Rees-Owen (DESNZ), Dr Stephanie Brittain (Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science)
Organising department: Doctoral Training Centre (MPLS)
Organiser contact email address: tristram.walsh@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Host: Tristram Walsh (University of Oxford)
Part of: DTP Grand Challenges Seminar Series
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://forms.gle/rJHS5NrYigfraZTL9
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Tristram Walsh