Taster session: How does the world need to adapt to climate change?

Heatwaves, hurricanes and flooding caused by climate change are already impacting people and nature. Adaptation until now has been incremental with governments and institutions tinkering around the edges of current systems. This will not be enough. This taster lecture from Dr Susannah Fisher will explore how the world has adapted to climate change so far and what communities, businesses and governments need to do to face up to the hard choices that lie ahead in a climate-changed world.

Dr Susannah Fisher is a principal research fellow at University College London and author of popular science book, Sink or Swim: how the world needs to adapt to a changing climate. She leads an international research programme on adaptation and works as a researcher and advisor supporting governments, international organisations and communities plan for the impacts of climate change. She was a Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development and has worked with groups across Africa, South Asia and Europe.

Professor Mark Pelling will join Dr Susannah Fisher. Professor Mark Pelling has been coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 5th and 6th Assessment Report and its Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. His international service also includes the development team of the International Science Council RISK Knowledge Action Network and acting as UK representative on the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) European Science and Technology Advisory Group.