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SUMMARY:U Sydney: Dodging a Mass Extinction Event
DESCRIPTION:University of Sydney / Progress in Political Economy \n14th Annual Wheelwright Lecture: Kim Stanley Robinson \nHosted by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney\, together with the Journal of Australian Political Economy (JAPE) and the Political Economy Student Society (ECOPSoc). \n\n\nDodging a Mass Extinction Event: Climate Change and Necessity  \nSpeaker: Kim Stanley Robinson \nWhen: 25 November 2021\, 2-3:30pm (Sydney time/AEDT) \nWhere: Online via Zoom.\n \n\nEvent page \nEvent recording + YouTube video
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/u-sydney-dodging-a-mass-extinction-event/
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SUMMARY:Weather Reports: The Climate of the Future
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Divinity School: Weather Reports \nMonday\, November 22\, 2021\, 7:00pm to 8:30pm \n\n\nKim Stanley Robinson\, novelist\, will present “The Climate of the Future.”\n \n\n\n\nKim Stanley Robinson’s thriller The Ministry for the Future (2020) is science fiction that reads as hard-edged journalism. With short chapters and a myriad of characters\, Robinson creates a kaleidoscope of perspectives on a global climate collapse coming in 2025. Bill McKibben writes “In Kim Stanley Robinson’s anti-dystopian novel\, climate change is the crisis that finally forces mankind to deal with global inequality.” At heart an optimist\, Robinson lays out a possible path to move forward with faith in what we can create together in a post-capitalist world. \nRespondent: Sarah Dimick\, Assistant Professor of English\, Harvard University \nBrian Kirbis of Theasophia will open the conversation with a tea pouring. Each conversation will be conducted online by Terry Tempest Williams\, writer-in-residence at Harvard Divinity School. \nThis series is a Constellation Project in partnership with the Center of the Study of World Religions\, Religion and Public Life\, and the Planetary Health Alliance. \nFor more information\, visit the event page. Registration is required. \n \n\nEvent page \n 
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/weather-reports-the-climate-of-the-future/
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SUMMARY:Paris Peace Forum: needed governance of Solar Radiation Modification
DESCRIPTION:Paris Peace Forum 4th edition \nEngineered climate: The needed governance of Solar Radiation Modification  \nSaturday 13 november 2021 15:30 – 16:30 \n\n\nSolar Radiation Modification (SRM)\, a technology still untested but within human reach\, consists of increasing the reflection of incoming sunlight back to space to lower the earth’s temperature. By doing so\, SRM could help reduce major climate hazards\, with the greatest benefits going to the most vulnerable regions. Yet SRM involves serious uncertainties\, risks\, and governance challenges\, including the possibility of undermining critical emissions cuts. This panel will explore the needed conditions for a rigorous\, legitimate\, inclusive\, and balanced discussion on the global governance of SRM. \nSpeakers: Janos Pasztor\, Executive Director\, Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G); Andrew Parker\, CEO\, The Degrees Initiative (Formerly SRMGI); Kim Stanley Robinson\, Author; Brice Lalonde\, Former Minister of the Ecological Transition\, France\n \n\nEvent page \nYouTube video
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/paris-peace-forum-needed-governance-of-solar-radiation-modification/
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SUMMARY:5x15 at COP26 - Arts and the Imagination Hosted by Brian Eno
DESCRIPTION:5×15 at COP26 – Arts and the Imagination Hosted by Brian Eno \n\nJust as we need climate scientists to present the facts\, we need the arts and culture to help us think and feel and talk about the climate crisis at all levels. The conversation needs scientists – but it urgently needs artists too. Science discovers\, Art digests. Art and culture tell us stories about other possible worlds\, lives\, and ways of being. A novel or a film invites us to experience an imaginary world and see how we feel about it. Culture is where our minds go to experiment\, to try out new feelings. \nThis special event on the final day of COP26 features story-tellers\, artists and performers brought together by 5×15 and Brian Eno\, EarthPercent and the Jaipur Literature Festival to explore the role of artists and the arts in responding to climate change. As COP26 draws to a close\, we're looking forward to the road ahead and exploring the power of imagination to drive change – for humans\, for animals\, for flora and fauna\, for soil\, for oceans. \nFeaturing Rosie Boycott\, Brian Eno\, Carolina Caycedo\, Amitav Ghosh\, Kim Stanley Robinson\, Ben Okri\, Charlotte Jarvis\, Mirabella Okri\, Olafur Eliasson\, Emtithal Mahmoud\, Wilson Oryema\, Neil Gaiman and more. Supported by Rathbone Investment Management and Rathbones Folio Prize. \n\n\n\n12 November 2021 \n12pm in Cinema Auditorium \nEvent page at 5×15 \nEvent page at COP26 \nVideo on YouTube
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/5x15-at-cop26-arts-and-the-imagination-hosted-by-brian-eno/
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SUMMARY:Bloomberg Green at COP26: The Power of Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Bloomberg Green at COP26 \nTue Nov 09\, 8:10 PM – 8:35 PM GMT (25 Min) \nThe Power of Storytelling \nFrom science fiction prose depicting a climate-change ravaged future to the devastation of forest fires captured by a filmmaker’s lens\, different creative mediums play a powerful role in climate change awareness. We’ll hear how these storytellers are harnessing their craft to draw attention to the issues surrounding the environment\, technology\, and society. \n\nEva Orner\, Director and Executive Producer\, Burning\nKim Stanley Robinson\, Science Fiction Writer\nModerator: Aaron Rutkoff\, Executive Editor\, Bloomberg Green\n\nYou can view the transcript of the event here \nEvent page \nEvent video (on Facebook\, from 44:00)
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/bloomberg-green-at-cop26-the-power-of-storytelling/
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SUMMARY:Climateworks Foundation at COP26
DESCRIPTION:COP26 event: Reimagining climate governance \nNovember 8\, 5-7 pm GMT — online and in-person \n\n\nCOP26 is intended to close a chapter on international climate negotiations as Paris Agreement rules are finalized. At the same time\, with the climate crisis deepening and calls for justice and equity increasing\, many initiatives are bringing new thinking to arrangements that complement the Agreement. For example\, with the Global Stocktake kicking off\, it is a moment for reflection about how the UNFCCC and implementation of the Paris Agreement are evolving.  \nTaking the long view\, there is a gap between where we are headed and where we need to be in 50 or 100 years. Those time spans can be modeled but are hard to contemplate at ground level. Now is the time to understand and plan for what climate politics may look like over the coming decades and how the drive for a just transition could play out against the backdrop of shifting geopolitics and more severe climate impacts.  \nTo help unpack some of these topics\, we invite you to hear from two speakers applying their considerable skills at organizing for action and reimagining the potential of governance to address the climate emergency. Nigel Topping\, COP26 Climate Champion\, is leading efforts to get influential players in the real economy to shift to net zero and complement government action. Kim Stanley Robinson is a bestselling author of speculative fiction whose books have probed the realities of a future living with climate change\, as well as exploring the ways in which society may tackle emissions and adapt.\n \n\nEvent page
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/climateworks-foundation-at-cop26/
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SUMMARY:COP26 TED Countdown
DESCRIPTION:KSR at the UNFCCC COP at Glasgow\, UK \n\n\nThe third session of Countdown at COP26 features: Jane Zelikova (Ecosystem scientist\, on soil as carbon sink)\, Gabrielle Walker (Carbon removal thinker)\, Lucas Joppa (Chief Sustainability Officer at Microsoft\, on carbon markets) Hongqiao Liu (Journalist and policy expert\, on China and climate)\, Kim Stanley Robinson (Author of “The Ministry for the Future”)\, Nemonte Nenquimo (Indigenous leader from Ecuador) and Naima Penniman (Multidimensional artist).\n \n\n\n\nTED Countdown climate initiative: https://countdown.ted.com\nTED Countdown talks: https://www.ted.com/series/countdown\n \n\nLivestream on YouTube \nNovember 6\, 2021 (6:30-8pm GMT) \nTED Countdown at COP26 \n 
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/cop26-ted-countdown/
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SUMMARY:New York Times ClimateHub: Storytelling and Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:The New York Times ClimateHub \nHearts and Minds: Storytelling and Climate Change \nSat.\, Nov. 6 3–3:45 p.m. G.M.T. \n\n\nStories hold a power that science does not: The power to move hearts and minds\, and connect people to a problem. A fact can be devastating\, but when placed in the context of a story that people can relate to\, that fact becomes part of a reality we can better comprehend\, react to and address. How can scientists tell better stories to bring their research to life? What can the world’s best storytellers do for those who want to tell the truth about climate change\, and how can we use stories to help people move beyond the state of despair that facts alone can instill?\n \n\nWith: \n\nOliver Jeffers\, Artist and Author\nDoug Gurr\, Director\, Natural History Museum\, London\nSlater Jewell-Kemker\, Filmmaker\nAlice Aedy\, Filmmaker; Co-Founder\, Earthrise\nMatt Anderson\, European Culture Editor\, The New York Times\nEmtithal Mahmoud\, Poet and Goodwill Ambassador\, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees\nKim Stanley Robinson\, Author\n\nEvent page \nVideo on YouTube \n​ \n\n\n	 \n	\n\n  \n 
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/new-york-times-climatehub-storytelling-and-climate-change/
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SUMMARY:Futures Lab at COP26
DESCRIPTION:Futures Lab: Transformational Economics meets Transformational Leadership \nGLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION / 03 NOV\, 2021 \n4.45-5.00pm GMT \nIntroduction: Making the case for systems transformation \n\nSandrine Dixson-Declève (Co-President\, The Club of Rome)\nTwila Moon (Deputy Lead Scientists\, University of Colorado Boulder)\nKim Stanley Robinson (reading from the Ministry of the Future)\nBrother Spirit or Brother Pahm Dung\n\nEvent page + video
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/futures-lab-at-cop26/
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SUMMARY:Resilience Lab at COP26
DESCRIPTION:Launching: Resilience Lab ‘Shifting mindsets\, shaping the future’ \nTue 2 Nov 1030-1200 \n\n\nResilience Frontiers hosted the Resilience Lab at COP26\, from November 1 to 11. We invited friends\, colleagues and everyone interested in finding out more about our growing initiative to check out our programme of events. \nShifting mindsets\, shaping the future\, was the theme of the Resilience Frontiers Lab at COP26\, with inspiring speakers and guests set to discuss\, and debate topics linked to our eight crosscutting pathways which\, if followed\, will help deliver a resilient and desirable future for all.\n \n\nSpeakers: \n\n\nYoussef Nassef\, Director Adaptation\, UNFCCC \nTia Kansara\, Replenish Earth \nKotchakorn Voraakhom\, Porous City Network \nKim Stanley Robinson\, Science Fiction author \nHindou Oumarou Ibrahim\, Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) \nAndrew Zoli\, Chief Impact Officer\, Planet\n \n\nEvent page \nIISD report on event \n 
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/resilience-lab-at-cop26/
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SUMMARY:Gonville & Caius College\, Cambridge
DESCRIPTION:Gonville & Caius College\, Cambridge \n\n\nAmerican science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson will be speaking at Caius’ Cavonius Centre on Saturday (October 23). His talk is called The Geography of Climate Change. \nThe event with the New York Times bestselling author in the Stephen Hawking Building starts at 11am and has been arranged by Bye-Fellow Dr Karenjit Clare. There is no need to pre-book – please turn up early to avoid disappointment.\n \n\n  \nFacebook event
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/gonville-caius-college-cambridge/
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SUMMARY:Be INSPiRED: Finding our place in the universe
DESCRIPTION:October 20th\, Wednesday\, at 8:30 pm IST \n\n\nAs part of the Be INSPiRED series that looks at an India of the future\, Teamwork Arts brings a set of discussions – to envisage a better and safer future for India & to find clear\, cohesive solutions for our present with insights from experts and thought leaders from the world over whose expertise and acute insight can help us find a future of hope\, innovation and equal opportunity for all. \nIn this session\, Robinson will be in conversation with journalist Vishnu Som\, answering these questions and more. This episode will be broadcasted on 20th October 2021.\n \n\nTeamwork Arts / NDTV \nPress release \nFacebook event \nEvent video (on YouTube\, on Facebook)
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/be-inspired-finding-our-place-in-the-universe/
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SUMMARY:Ministry for the Future trade paperback release
DESCRIPTION:Trade paperback edition for The Ministry for the Future\, by Orbit.
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/ministry-for-the-future-trade-paperback-release/
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SUMMARY:Bristol Ideas: What Do We Do Now to Protect Future Generations?
DESCRIPTION:What Do We Do Now to Protect Future Generations? \nKim Stanley Robinson \nFESTIVAL OF THE FUTURE CITY \nTUESDAY 19 OCTOBER 2021\, 15:00 — 15:45 \nYOUTUBE  |  FREE \n\nKim Stanley Robinson\, one of our great visionaries in his fiction and commentary\, discusses his new novel. \nIn conversation with Bristol Ideas director Andrew Kelly. \nIntroduced by Cheryl Morgan. \n\nEvent page \nEvent recording (YouTube) \n+ text of introduction  by Cheryl Morgan
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/bristol-ideas-what-do-we-do-now-to-protect-future-generations/
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SUMMARY:Dear Green Bothy: The Ministry for the Future
DESCRIPTION:Organised by the Dear Green Bothy \nMonday 18 October 18:00 – 19:00 \nKim Stanley Robinson: The Ministry for the Future \nUniversity of Glasgow Memorial Chapel\nGlasgow G12 8QQ \n\n\nThis event is occurring in hybrid format\, with both in-person tickets for The University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel as well as online tickets via Zoom Webinar. \nWe are delighted to host legendary sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson at the University of Glasgow as part of the book tour for his latest novel\, The Ministry for the Future. \nHosted in partnership with the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic.\n \n\n  \nEvent page \nReflections on the event \n 
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/dear-green-bothy-the-ministry-for-the-future/
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SUMMARY:The Boulder Forum on Economy\, Climate and Community
DESCRIPTION:The Boulder Forum on Economy\, Climate and Community \nKim Stanley Robinson Envisions a Better Tomorrow \nWed. October 7 … noon to 1:30 pm \n\n\nImagining the Path Forward—Finding a Hopeful Story for an Ominous Future with Kim Stanley Robinson – October 7\, 2021 \nKim Stanley Robinson is an award-winning science fiction writer whose novels frequently explore the ways human beings can respond to unique challenges. His most recent book\, ”Ministry for the Future\,” is an epic exploration of potential future human responses to climate change. One of the major themes explored in this fascinating work is how the economy might be redirected to enable a successful de-escalation of climate change. Mr. Robinson will bookend the Economy and Climate Forum by encouraging us to consider our options for the future and how we might find our path to creatively and equitably solve this existential crisis. \nPart 6 of The Boulder Forum on Economy\, Climate and Community\, a six-part webinar series that will explore how we can create an economy in service of an equitable\, livable and sustainable world. Drawing on leaders in fields central to solving both the climate crisis and a series of interrelated crises—energy systems\, material economy/consumption\, ecosystems and biodiversity—the webinars will underscore the focus on the role of the economy in driving these crises as well as its potential role in their solutions.\n \n\nEvent page \nRecap of event \nVideo of event (Vimeo)
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/the-boulder-forum-on-economy-climate-and-community/
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SUMMARY:klimafakten.de: Climate science meets climate science fiction
DESCRIPTION:Climate science meets climate science fiction \n\n\nIn conversation: A live\, digital event with Friederike Otto and Kim Stanley Robinson on October 3\, 2021. — Organised by klimafakten.de in cooperation with DW (Deutsche Welle)\, Germany’s international broadcaster\, and the British weekly The New Statesman\n \n\nSunday\, October 3\, from 7 to 8 p.m. CEST \nEvent page \nVideo (YouTube) \n 
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/klimafakten-de-climate-science-meets-climate-science-fiction/
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SUMMARY:Net-Zero Festival 2021
DESCRIPTION:Plenary Session \n\nNet Zero Inspiration: A climate plan for a world in flames \nThu 30\, Sep 11:25 am – 11:35 am (UTC) \nA thought for the day style reflection on the exciting ways in which the pioneers of the net zero transition are unlocking myriad benefits for society as a whole. \n\nEvent page \nVideo of event
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/net-zero-festival-2021/
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SUMMARY:Q&A with Lincoln Michel
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Orbit Live! \nThu SEP 10 6pm EDT / 3pm PDT \n\n\nJoin science fiction authors Lincoln Michel and Kim Stanley Robinson for a conversation about their books\, capitalism and climate change\, and the future of New York City. Plus\, they’ll be answering your questions throughout the event.\n \n\nEvent page + recording available
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/qa-with-lincoln-michel/
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SUMMARY:Unlocking Our Climate Imagination @ASU
DESCRIPTION:Three of Arizona State University’s climate imagination fellows join sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson and others to discuss stories about human thriving in more just\, sustainable communities and societies. \nAug. 31\, 2021\n12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \n\n\nSpeakers: \nNigel Topping\, @topnigel\nCommissioner\, Energy Transitions Commission\nUN High-Level Climate Action Champion\, United Kingdom \nBina Venkataraman\, @binajv\nEditorial Page Editor\, Boston Globe \nKim Stanley Robinson\nAuthor\, The Ministry for the Future \n2021 Climate Imagination Fellows:\nVandana Singh\, @singhvan\nHannah Onoguwe\, @HannahOnoguwe\nLibia Brenda\, @tuitlibiesco \nModerator: \nEd Finn\, @zonal\nDirector\, Center for Science and the Imagination\, Arizona State University\n \n\n  \nEvent page \nOn Arizona State University Climate Fellows \nInterview with Climate Fellows \nEvent recording on YouTube
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/unlocking-our-climate-imagination-asu/
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SUMMARY:Fantastic Fiction @KGB with Nancy Kress
DESCRIPTION:KGB Bar85 East 4th Street\nNew York\, NY 10003 \n  \n\n\nFANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series\, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present:​​​ \nNancy Kress & Kim Stanley Robinson\, July 21st\, 2021\, 7pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). \nDue to the COVID-19 shutdown of NYC and the KGB Bar\, this event will be live-streamed on YouTube.\n \n\nEvent page \nEvent recording \nEvent recording on YouTube
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/fantastic-fiction-kgb-with-nancy-kress/
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SUMMARY:TEDMonterey: The Case for Optimism
DESCRIPTION:TEDMonterey Aug 1-4 2021 \n\n\nThe event: TEDMonterey: Session Zero\, hosted by TED’s Chris Anderson and Helen Walters\, live from the TED World Theater in New York City\, on Wednesday\, July 21\, 2021 \nKim Stanley Robinson\, sci-fi writer \nBig idea: A sci-fi vision of humanity’s triumph over the climate crisis — from the vantage point of the year 2071. \nHow? Coming to us from 50 years in the future\, science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson explains how the 2020s — or the “Terrible 20s\,” as they’ll come to be known — marked a turning point in the climate crisis. Robinson envisions how\, after two global pandemics and a series of deadly international heatwaves\, the world’s nations joined their central banks to form the Network for Greening the Financial System and enacted the “carbon standard.” While it may sound impossible to us in 2021\, the carbon standard created new fiat money “precisely in proportion to the amount of carbon dioxide taken out of the atmosphere.” This dramatic change in fiscal policy made work that helped to heal the planet profitable — like regenerative agriculture\, clean energy infrastructure\, expansion of mass transit\, reforestation and habitat restoration. In hindsight\, Robinson says he can see that people in the 2020s met challenges that no other generation had ever faced\, but\, in his words\, “those people really stepped up.” It’s a rousing vision of how humanity might unite in the coming decades and restore the damage done to Earth’s biosphere.\n \n\nEvent page \nTEDMonterey site \nKSR’s TED talk
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/tedmonterey-the-case-for-optimism/
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SUMMARY:The Future of Humanity @Dartmouth College
DESCRIPTION:Institute for Cross Disciplinary Engagement (ICE)\, Dartmouth College \nTHE FUTURE OF HUMANITY: SCIENTIFIC AND HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVES \nFriday\, June 18\, 20219:00 AM \nSaturday\, June 19\, 20214:00 PM \nSaturday\, June 19\, 2021\n12:40-1:30 p.m. Kim Stanley Robinson  \nEvent page
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/the-future-of-humanity-dartmouth-college/
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SUMMARY:Sydney Writers Festival
DESCRIPTION:James Bradley & Kim Stanley Robinson \n\n\nIn his groundbreaking Mars trilogy\, Kim Stanley Robinson imagined a world where geo-engineering made life on the red planet a possibility. His latest masterpiece turns its attention to Earth. \nWith a vision at once clear-eyed and brutal\, The Ministry for the Future confirms Kim’s reputation as one of our finest living writers of science fiction. In conversation with James Bradley (Ghost Species)\, Kim appears live via video to discuss the relationship between hard science and strong storytelling\, a sense of the challenges facing us and the possibility of hope.\n \n\nWhere\nCarriageworks\n245 Wilson Street\, Eveleigh NSW 2042 \nWhen\nThursday 29 April 2021 from 10:30am to 11:30am \nCost\nAdult: $25\nConcession: $20 \nEvent page (no longer works) \nAnnouncement \nTwitter announcement
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/sydney-writers-festival/
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SUMMARY:IPCC WGIII Outreach
DESCRIPTION:IPCC WGIII eLAM4 Outreach Event: Climate change and our future. Driving the transition \n\n\nBefore the release of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report cycle (AR6)\, an eagerly awaited report of the last six years and in the most important year for renewing climate ambition\, a public event will be held on April 28\, 2021\, 3-5 pm Europe time. The event will discuss how to drive the future of the climate transition\, in a dialogue between science\, institutions\, novel writing and the young generations.\n \n\nPART 2: ‘Ambition: the climate\, the future\, and the young generations’ – Moderated by Elena Verdolini (IPCC author and EIEE scientist) \n\nDesigning pathways of change\, Massimo Tavoni (IPCC author and EIEE director)\nNarrating the future\, Kim Stanley Robinson (Science fiction writer and author: Ministry for the Future)\nViews of the Youth: Jan Kairel Guillermo (Jan Kairel Guillermo (Lead\, Global Affairs Unit\, COY\, YOUNGO) and Lodovica Cattani (Country Coordinator Italy for COY16)\n\nEvent page \nRecording on YouTube
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/ipcc-wgiii-outreach/
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SUMMARY:Polar Day(s) @UC Davis
DESCRIPTION:University of California Davis Polar Forum \nPolar Day(s) 2021 \n\n\nFriday April 16th \n11:05 a.m.\nThe Worst Journey In the World Revisited\nby Kim Stanley Robinson\n \n\nEvent page \nRecording of talk can be viewed HERE
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/polar-days-uc-davis/
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SUMMARY:Conference on World Affairs @CU Boulder
DESCRIPTION:University of Colorado Boulder \nWednesday\, April 7 \n\n\n5:00 – 6:15 p.m. MDT\nFixing Spaceship Earth: Our Past\, Present and Future\nReframing the stories we tell ourselves about the earth and our responsibility to chart a course to the future \n\nMarcelo Gleiser\, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College\nKevin Kling\, Storyteller and Playwright\nKim Stanley Robinson\, Science Fiction Novelist\nModerator: Maggie Fox\, Founder\, Global Biodiversity Narrative Project; Former President and CEO\, Climate Reality Project\n\n\nEvent site \nEvent recording on YouTube
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/conference-on-world-affairs-cu-boulder/
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SUMMARY:UC Riverside: Science Fiction & Climate Crisis
DESCRIPTION:University of California Riverside \nScience Fiction & Climate Crisis \n\n\nJoin us for the first event in our free lecture series that explores what science fiction might teach us about real-world problems. \nKim Stanley Robinson – Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of over twenty books\, including the internationally bestselling Mars trilogy\, and more recently Red Moon\, New York 2140\, and The Ministry for the Future.  \nin conversation with \nGerry Canavan – Associate Professor of English (Marquette University)\, journal editor and author of Octavia E. Butler (University of Illinois Press\, 2016)\, among other works. \nModerated by Sherryl Vint – Professor\, UCR (English/Media & Cultural Studies)\, Director of the Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science Program \nOne of the distinct characteristics of science fiction is that it can tell stories that exceed normal human time scales\, spanning hundreds\, if not thousands of years. It often narrates such stories from nonhuman perspectives\, drawing attention to how human lives are entangled with and dependent upon ecosystems and other species. These qualities make it an ideal genre for grappling with the reality of climate change: how our past contributed to the climate crisis today and how the near-future might unfold\, along one path if we take action or another if we fail to. \nThis series is sponsored by the Center for Ideas and Society\, Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science Program\, Palm Desert Center\, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Riverside.\n \n\nTuesday\, April 6\, 2021 at 6:00pm to 7:00pm \nVirtual Event \nEvent page \nReport on event
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/uc-riverside-science-fiction-climate-crisis/
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SUMMARY:Relampeio: Eco-crítica na Ficção Científica
DESCRIPTION:Relampeio: Festival Literão Internacional \nBrazil \nHorários no fuso de Brasília (UTC -3) \n\n\n02 de abril – Sexta-feira \n13h | Eco-crítica na Ficção Científica com Kim Stanley Robinson \nMediação: Vitória Vozniak e Marcello Souza \nCoordenação: Jana Bianchi \nTradução: Kali de los Santos\n \n\nEvent page \nRecording on YouTube
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/relampeio-eco-critica-na-ficcao-cientifica/
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SUMMARY:Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet\, Our Future
DESCRIPTION:The Power of Stories: Writing the Future of Our Planet \nJoin us for this prelude to the Nobel Prize Summit as we discuss the way stories have the power to impact our vision of the future. \n\n\nTogether\, we are writing the future of our planet. In the same way that we are living with the deeds and decisions of the past\, the choices made and actions taken by those of us alive today will bear direct impact on the generations who come after we are gone. But how we imagine our future and tell those stories can serve as a predictor of what is to come. As prelude to the first-ever Nobel Prize Summit at the end of April\, Nobel Prize Laureate Martin Chalfie\, screenwriter Joe Robert Cole\, and novelist Kim Stanley Robinson will examine the way in which those stories have the power to impact our vision of the future. \nModerated by Shahzeen Attari\, who researches the factors that motivate action on climate change\, this wide-ranging and eclectic conversation promises to be hopeful\, optimistic\, and above all\, inspiring. \nThis event will be co-hosted by The Exchange and the National Academies’ Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability. For more Information about the Nobel Prize Summit\, visit the Nobel Prize Summit website: https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-prize-summit/2021\n \n\n  \nDate and time\nWed\, March 31\, 2021\n  \n10:00 PM – 11:00 PM CEST \n  \nLocation \nOnline event \nEvent page \n 
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/nobel-prize-summit-our-planet-our-future/
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