Conservation in the Climate Emergency.
The talk will be folllowed by a drinks reception, all welcome.
Over 13,000 scientists have declared that the Earth faces a climate emergency, and an emergency is an urgent situation requiring us to refocus on the task at hand, yet much of conservation proceeds unchanged. In this talk Dr Charlie Gardner makes the case that climate change is, or soon will, be the greatest threat to biodiversity, and consequently that conservation will be unable to meet its goal of maintaining biodiversity unless the climate threat is addressed. Therefore, the field must reconsider its objectives and philosophies, re-examine its theories of change, and refocus its strategies.

Dr Charlie Gardner is a conservationist and activist with a particular interest in the intersection of the climate and ecological crises. He is an Associate Senior Lecturer at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (University of Kent), and spokesperson with Scientist Rebellion and Scientists for Extinction Rebellion.
Date: 4 May 2022, 16:00 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2022)
Venue: Main Lecture theatre. SoGE
Speaker: Dr. Charlie Gardner (DICE)
Organising department: School of Geography and the Environment
Organisers: Dr. Cecile Girardin (School of Geography), Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford)
Part of: Biodiversity Network Coffee Seminar Series
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork/e/ev-sdku-20220504160000
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Carlyn Samuel