Thursday, September 10 | 19:00 | Kinoteka 1
Debate: The Earth is burning. Will the number of fires grow? Following the screening of REBUILDING PARADISE, dir. Ron Howard
Language: Polish
Partner institution: WWF Poland
The recent years have brought a significant increase in extreme weather events, including wildfires. Our debate will focus on climate change and issues related to the growing occurrence of wildfires: we will brainstorm the best ways to engage and discuss the potential for minimizing these phenomena by properly crafted environmental policies. Why do scientists find it so hard to be heard by politicians despite this literally burning need for change?
Guests:
Szymon Malinowski—Polish atmospheric physicist, Professor of Earth Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences; Director of the Geophysics Department at the University of Warsaw since 2016.
Katarzyna Jagiełło—climate activist, biodiversity expert. Member of the Council for Organic Farming at the Ministry of Agriculture (2014-2018). Longtime Greenpeace frontwoman.
An activist with the Youth Strike for Climate, an international movement of students protesting the inaction of politicians in the face of global warming and climate change.
Moderator:
Katarzyna Karpa-Świderek—spokeswoman of WWF Poland, former journalist and reporter. Longtime participant in animal rights and environmental protection activism.
