Start Date
24-1-2022 3:45 PM
End Date
24-1-2022 5:00 PM
Access Type
Open Access
Abstract
Dr. Ahmed will discuss the state of Planet Earth in January 2022. At present, climate change, global water scarcity and biodiversity loss present both scientists and policy makers with an existential challenge in the near term that is unprecedented in human history. In addition, economic inequality between rich and poor countries continues to impede any progress being made in a socially-just context. Failure to address these globally looming issues in an integrated manner poses a crippling inability to address them with any sense of urgency. Although many “green” solutions and technological means are available to tackle these issues, it is our lack of moral vision and impoverished understanding of the human-nature linkage that has hindered us in moving in the right direction.
Biography
Dr. Ahmed is co-founder of the Global Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) in Washington, DC. He is an Adjunct Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UConn Health) in Farmington, CT. Currently, he is an Honorary Professor at University of Cape Town (UCT) in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine. Previously, Dr. Ahmed served as Research Director and Senior Staff Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in New York City, and was Deputy Director of Health, Environment and Development at the World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, DC.
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Sustainable Pathways: Different Strategies (for Different Global Regions)
Dr. Ahmed will discuss the state of Planet Earth in January 2022. At present, climate change, global water scarcity and biodiversity loss present both scientists and policy makers with an existential challenge in the near term that is unprecedented in human history. In addition, economic inequality between rich and poor countries continues to impede any progress being made in a socially-just context. Failure to address these globally looming issues in an integrated manner poses a crippling inability to address them with any sense of urgency. Although many “green” solutions and technological means are available to tackle these issues, it is our lack of moral vision and impoverished understanding of the human-nature linkage that has hindered us in moving in the right direction.