Climate Neutrality and Adaptive Behaviour

Event details

This workshop explores climate change mitigation and adaptation across different geographical settings and times and through different disciplinary lenses. In addition to the presentation of three short research papers, the workshop will explore possible avenues to combine the different disciplinary expertise of members of the IGDC and the CCN in the field of climate change mitigation and adaptation. A programme for the event is listed below. Refreshments and lunch will be provided. 

Programme: 

9.45: Arrival and coffee, Alan Maynard Auditorium Foyer

10.00 - 10.05: Welcome and Introduction

10.05 - 10.35: Paul Hudson (Environment and Geography) “The behaviour of households towards flood preparedness”

10.35 - 11.05 Henrice Altink (History) “Adapting to increasing drier conditions: Jamaican small farmers in the 1990s”

11.05 - 11.20: Coffee break, Alan Maynard Auditorium Foyer

11.20 - 11.50: Kelly Redeker (Biology) "Carbon neutrality does not equal climate neutrality in salt marsh restoration"

11.50 - 12.30: Combining IGDC and CCN expertise 

12.30 - 13.30: Lunch and networking, Alan Maynard Auditorium Foyer