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SUMMARY:Explaining Environmental Successes and Failures: Climate Change in
  Comparative Perspective - Professor Malcolm Fairbrother (Uppsala Universi
 ty)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260219T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260219T173000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Why has the world performed so poorly in reducing greenhouse g
 as emissions and limiting climate change? Humanity has performed far bette
 r in addressing other environmental challenges\, such as protecting the oz
 one layer\, mitigating acid rain\, improving air quality\, and reducing pe
 ople's exposure to dioxins and lead. In this talk Professor Fairbrother wi
 ll consider different environmental outcomes in comparative perspective\, 
 and conditions leading to better versus worse outcomes. He will argue\, co
 ntrary to other perspectives\, that there have been two key differences be
 tween climate change and more successfully mitigated problems. First\, pol
 luting industries have resisted regulation more strongly in the case of cl
 imate change\, with exceptional political efforts to deny and delay in tur
 n due to the uniquely unconvertible character of key industry assets. Seco
 nd\, in the success cases\, ordinary people were asked to make little or n
 o material sacrifice\, whereas in the case of climate change there is more
  of a price to be paid--and most people appear unwilling to pay a price\, 
 even though it is modest\, because of distrust. Professor Fairbrother will
  conclude by elaborating implications for how we should seek to resolve th
 e climate crisis.———————————————————
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 —\n\nSpeaker bio: Malcolm Fairbrother is a professor of sociology at Upp
 sala University and the Institute for Futures Studies\, Sweden. His resear
 ch focuses on climate and environmental policy and politics\, social and p
 olitical trust\, globalization\, and social science research methods. His 
 current projects investigate the decoupling of greenhouse gas emissions fr
 om economic growth\, and public attitudes towards policies for environment
 al protection. Originally from Vancouver\, Canada\, he received his PhD fr
 om the University of California\, Berkeley\; worked for ten years in the S
 chool of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol\; and has been
  a visiting researcher at institutions in Mexico\, the U.S.\, Canada\, Ita
 ly\, and Catalonia.\n—————————————————
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 ———\n\nBooking is required for people outside of the Department of S
 ocial Policy and Intervention (DSPI). DSPI Members do not need to register
 .\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Malcolm Fairbrother (Uppsala University)
LOCATION:32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House) (VBR Department of Social
  Policy and Intervention\, 32 Wellington Square OX1 2ER/ Microsoft Teams)\
 , 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER
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