Learning From Conservative Media: How To Counter Anti-Climate Messages With Geoff Dembicki

Thursday February 20th
Doors & drinks 6.30pm; Talk starts 7pm

Why are anti-climate messages resonating at a time when extreme weather disasters are escalating and solutions to the crisis have never been stronger? What can people who care deeply about a liveable planet do to counter their influence?

Canadian investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki will draw on his years of reporting on conservative media to reveal how fossil fuel companies and their political allies are successfully spreading skepticism about climate solutions by linking those solutions to issues including abortion, free speech, diversity initiatives and high housing costs.

He will also share insights from growing up in working-class resource towns to explain how communities on the front-lines of oil and gas extraction are more open to transformative climate action than it might initially appear.

This talk, which will be followed by plenty of time for discussion, will cover questions of social status and narrative that go to the heart of how we understand and communicate the climate crisis.

The evening includes a break for a one-pot vegan supper.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Doors open at 6.30pm for drinks. Event starts at 7pm.

£8 Kairos Club Member, £15 Non-member, £10 Struggling financially, £20 Supporter. Food complimentary.

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