NSCI 1721 (Intro to Geology): Climate Change

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The impacts of climate change can be hard to see, but footage from the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Africa, the Alps, Bangladesh, India, and China shows it's all too much of a reality for the poorest and most vulnerable. The program also provides clear visual explanations of the processes that can cause climate change and gets students engaged in the debate about the extent to which these are caused naturally or as a result of human activity.

This episode of The Green Interview features Maxine Burkett, a professor of law at the University of Hawaii and passionate advocate for climate justice, which essentially addresses how the most vulnerable human communities should be treated with dignity and fairness in the era of climate change. Through her work she explores the issue of climate-induced displacement and how already vulnerable communities in the US and globally—ironically those that have contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions—will disproportionately feel the impacts of climate change. In this exclusive Green Interview, Burkett speaks with Silver Donald Cameron about how she both studies and serves the vulnerable Pacific island nations, such as Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands, and about how we as a society need to start addressing the daunting reality before us.