Global Friday Presents
Eric Lede
Human Geographer
City of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

ABSTRACT:  The broad impacts of climate change – from the environmental changes and the rapid transition to a society with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions – will permeate every aspect of our lives. This future is not nearly here: it has already arrived. The opportunities and damages that climate change presents are already being navigated within every sector of our society. The forces that are coercing this rapid response to climate change, however, are not exclusively of environmental origin.

From an Australian perspective, Lede will describe the key forces that are rapidly coercing our society to reabsorb the greenhouse gases that we are pumping into our atmosphere. He will offer unique insights into how these forces flow through unexpected pathways with examples drawn from across northern Australia – from capital cities to some of the most remote Indigenous communities in Australia.

SPEAKER BIO: Eric Lede is a human geographer with experience researching, designing, developing, coordinating, and implementing programs that respond to the impacts of climate change across a broad range of landscapes, including in the Canadian Arctic, tropical islands of Papua New Guinea, northern Australia’s remote savanna, and a tropical Australian capital city. Lede completed his MA in Human Geography at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia and has since developed an applied skillset in navigating the compounding forces that influence climate decision making. Lede is currently leading the design, development and implementation of the climate change response of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

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