Terrestrial University: Basic Principles of Climate Change
A Lecture by Prof. Dr. Julia Pongratz
Thu, June 11, 2020 7:00 pm CEST
- Location
- Online
Prof. Dr. Julia Pongratz holds the Chair of Physical Geography and Land Use Systems at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich. The climate researcher will talk about the basics of climate change, the interactions between land use and climate as well as the transfer and implementation of climate friendly policies in ones daily life.
In the second event of the Terrestrial University, Prof. Dr. Julia Pongratz will introduce the scientific basis of climate change and the social and political actions underlying it. Thus, questions will be asked such as: How do we know that the current climate change is due to humans? How accurate are the results of climate models? Can we still achieve the 2 degree target? What is the significance of »negative emission technologies«? The lecture presents the current status of research on these and other important questions on climate change and invites to a joint discussion.
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The »Terrestrial University« is an experimental lecture series in the context of the exhibition »Critical Zones – Observatories for Earthly Politics«, and we cordially invite you to attend the class. In a kind of lecture series of different formats such as lectures, discussions, artist talks, performance lectures or workshops, we turn to the critical situation of the Earth. Together with invited artists, scientists, curators and citizens as well as citizens' initiatives, we explore the »critical zone« - the thin surface of the Earth, in which all transactions of life are mutually dependent. The focus is on the crucial question of which shifts in thinking are necessary to maintain the »critical zone« in its fragile balance.
The Terrestrial University will be broadcasted via live stream, and accompanied by the chat of the Critical Zones Telegram group. You can find the past events of the »Terrestrial University« hereunder.
The climate researcher's priorities include land use changes and the potential of negative emission technologies. She is also a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of two future Earth projects: the »Global Carbon Project«, in which she also coordinates the estimates of land use emissions for the annual global carbon budget, and »AIMES« (»Analysis, Integration & Modelling of the Earth System«), in which she chairs the newly founded working group on the interactions between humans and the Earth and the Earth System. Julia Pongratz also heads the joint research group »Land Use in the Earth System« at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology.
After the 30 to 40 minute lecture, there will be an opportunity to ask questions to Julia Pongratz via our telegram group (zkm_criticalzones).
The event will be held in German language.
