Poverty, Natural Capital and the Climate Crisis, with Sir Partha Dasgupta and Dr Rowan Williams
History & Social Policy • 1h 34m
This event was livestreamed from St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square via Intelligence Squared+.
We cannot put a price on the value of the biosphere – it is an asset upon which we are all wholly dependent. Yet poor communities in the global south are bearing the brunt of biodiversity loss, as well as having to deal with the impact of the climate crisis. In this inaugural lecture for the international development charity Christian Aid, Partha Dasgupta, one of the UK’s most eminent economists, will trace ecological loss back to power, knowledge and agency and highlight how important it is for local voices to put forward their own answers to ecological crises, rather than have external solutions foisted upon them, which can often be destructive. After the lecture, which will be livestreamed from St Martin-in-the-Fields, Dasgupta will be joined in conversation by Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury and Chair of Christian Aid.
Join us for this urgent call to put nature at the forefront of economic decision-making before it is too late.
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