National Interest

Rising waters, permanent drought, melting ice-caps: are these phenomena fixable, irreversible or merely non-issues? Climate sceptics say they are the victims of persecution by the grand inquisitors of eco-doom, while climate campaigners argue global warming is now and the time for faffing around is over. That's the premise of this Deakin lecture, recorded at Melbourne's Fed Square: that climate change is the only issue, the only framework, the one metanarrative that counts. Or should reducing poverty and improving living conditions remain the world's top priority?

Guests

Chris Turner
Author of 'The Geography of Hope: A tour of the World We Need'

Don Henry
Executive Director Australian Conservation Foundation

Larissa Brown
Founder and Executive Director Centre for Sustainability Leadership

Dr Norman Lewis
Chief Strategy Officer Wireless Grids Corporation (USA)

Austin Williams
Architect, writer and critic Founder of ManTowNHuman

Dr Leela Gandhi
Professor of English University of Chicago

Further Information

ManTowNHuman: Manifesto: Towards a New Humanism in Architecture

Alfred Deakin Lectures
Includes unedited recording of the National Interest

Australian Conservation Foundation

Centre for Sustainability Leadership

Presenter

Peter Mares

Producer

James Panichi

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