What Happens Next? with George Marshall

Thursday May 16th
Doors & drinks 6.30pm; Talk starts 7pm

How will we really respond when the climate breaks down?

By mid century, climate impacts will be severe and unrelenting and we will need to cope with this trauma combined with the cultural processing of blame and responsibility. Government and business policy, IPCC scenarios and Integrated Assessment Models are predicated on the assumption that our responses to climate breakdown will be coherent and rational.

George Marshall - co-founder of Climate Outreach and author of Don’t Even Think About It: Why our Brains are Wired to Ignore Climate Change - disagrees.

George will share research drawing on sociology, psychology and history, as well as work with academics from across disciplines to explore different possible responses. These range from collaboration, innovation, adaptive coping, opportunist competition, through denial, distraction, blame and scapegoating.

He will also present his own fieldwork on ways to create a cross societal mandate for climate action and explore the possibility that we may discover something entirely new about humanity and our future direction.

His talk will be followed by a one-pot vegan supper and discussion.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Doors open at 6.30pm for drinks. Talk starts at 7pm followed by supper and discussion.

£8 Kairos Club Member, £15 Non-member, £10 Concession for those struggling financially, £20 Supporter. Food and drinks complimentary.