Climate change is often talked about in global terms, rising seas, shifting temperatures, and planetary tipping points. But its impacts are felt close to home, in our neighborhoods, watersheds, farms, and communities. This panel brings together leading scholars in environmental ethics, climate adaptation, and social vulnerability to explore what climate change means here, for the people and places of northern Colorado and beyond. How do local communities bear risks they did little to create? What does a just and meaningful response look like? And what do we owe one another as the climate continues to shift? Join us for an honest, grounded conversation about the human face of our changing planet. 

Panelists:

Karen Bailey, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, CU Boulder

Patricia Romero-Lankao, Canadian Excellence in Research Chair of the Network for Equity in Sustainability Transitions (CERC NEST), University of Toronto Scarborough

David Schlosberg, Director of the Sydney Environment Institute and Professor of Environmental Politics, University of Sydney

Ken Shockley, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, CSU

Sarah Walker, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, CSU

Moderator: Dale Lockwood, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and School of Global Environmental Sustainability