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SUMMARY:Climate Changed Urban Futures:  imaginaries\, experiments &amp\; j
 ustice in the Anthropocene city - Professor Harriet Bulkeley\, Department 
 of Geography\, Durham University
DTSTART:20181122T170000Z
DTEND:20181122T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:As a so-called global issue\, the social and political respons
 e to climate change has traditionally been seen as a matter for internatio
 nal negotiations and the politics of national governments\, transnational 
 corporations and non-governmental organisations. However\, over the past t
 wo decades it has become clear that climate change is an equally vital urb
 an issue: as centres of population and economic activity\, cities are thou
 ght to contribute significantly to overall emissions of greenhouse gases o
 n the one hand\, and to be vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on 
 the other. Charting the rise and rise of climate change’s urban agenda a
 nd its relation to the changing landscape of global environmental governan
 ce\, this lecture will reflect on how a geographical perspective and the t
 raditions of nature/society research undertaken within the Cambridge Depar
 tment can open up this agenda. So familiar has the notion of the climate-c
 hanged-city become\, that imaginaries of its future theatres and possibili
 ties now proliferate. Rather than being a singular urban cause\, climate c
 hange has multiplied into a host of related narratives\, from the smart ci
 ty to green infrastructure\, resilience to low carbon\, its entry points o
 pened up to a host of competing interests and contested visions of the fut
 ure city. Such politics are not to be found in the traditional arenas of u
 rban decision-making and planning\, but rather assembled and galvanised th
 rough multiple forms of experimentation. This in turn has profound consequ
 ences for the nature of governance in the Anthropocene city and for questi
 ons of justice. Drawing on examples from research across different urban c
 ontexts\, and ongoing work examining the ways in which ‘nature’ is pro
 viding solutions for urban sustainability challenges\, the lecture will ex
 plore what it means to think geographically about climate change’s urban
  futures and the nature of the Anthropocene city.
LOCATION:Large Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
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