Details
3 March 2021
7.00pm-8.30pm
Our panel will take you around the globe to witness some of the most extreme natural hazards.
From tectnic hazards to climatic hazards, we will cover, amongst others, earthquakes, storms and droughts, and highlight the work of geographers responding to these hazards.
Our speakers
Professor Iain Stewart (chair) is Professor of Geoscience Communication at the University of Plymouth, UK, and Director of its Sustainable Earth Institute. His academic interests in applying Earth science to pressing societal concerns - climate change, geo-resources, geo-energy, disaster risk reduction - form the basis of his 2018 recognition as UNESCO Chair in ‘Geoscience and Society’.
Additional speakers will be announced shortly.