Diskurs C.0

Learning from crises

Climate protection
during the Covid-19 pandemic

Tuesday, 04.05.2021

Geosciences

Learning from crises

Climate protection
during the Covid-19 pandemic

Tuesday, 04.05.2021

Geosciences

M. Sc. Magdalena Mittermeier - Geosciences

M. Sc. Mittermeier is PhD fellow at the LMU research and teaching unit of Physical Geography and Remote Sensing in the project "Climate Change and Extreme Events - Land Use Change & Droughts". In addition, she is active in Klimadelegation e.V.
Lavetanalagi Seru is Coordinator of the Alliance for future generations Fiji and Vice Chair of UN Food Systems Summit Track III and will join live from Fiji.

Abstract

  1. What effects did lockdowns have on global CO2-emissions?
  2. Perspectives of a young climate activist from Fiji on the interplay between the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change – by Lavetanalagi Seru
  3. What can we learn from the Covid-19 pandemic for climate change mitigation?
We will jointly approach these three questions/topics in three blocks of short keynotes with intensive discussion. Lavetanalagi Seru, a climate activist from Fiji, will join us live and share his insights on the interplay of Covid-19 and climate change in his country.