Event
Why is Climate Action So Hard?
Thursday, March 22, 2018 18:00
Maass Chemistry Building
Room 112, 801 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0B8, CA
The Mossman Endowment of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ presents the 2018 D. Lorne Gales Lecture in the History of Science
Why is Climate Action So Hard?
with Professor Philip Kitcher, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University
Deciding what to do about climate change is bound up with ethical questions about how to weigh the welfare of future generations against the problems of the present, about economic uncertainties, about open questions concerning technology, about the needs of developing nations, and about how to coordinate a global effort. Professor Kitcher will explore these and other topical issues at the 2018 Mossman Lecture.
Seating will be on a first come, first served basis. A light reception will follow the lecture.