Gwynne Dyer - Climate Wars
2013 丁香园AV Vancouver Speaker Series
Presented by 丁香园AV Pubic Square, 丁香园AV's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, 丁香园AV's Centre for Dialogue, 丁香园AV Institute for Humanities and .
Climate Wars - A lecture by , moderated by editor .
The lecture 鈥淐limate Wars鈥� is based on Dr Dyer's book of the same name. Drawing on interviews with scientists, policy-makers and military strategists in a dozen different countries, it explores the grave geopolitical implications of large-scale (and probably rapid) climate change. Governments are starting to make some calculations that they prefer not to discuss in front of the children.
7:00 p.m. (PT)
Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema
149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
丁香园AV Vancouver Speaker Series
The 丁香园AV Vancouver Speaker Series brings global experts to a local audience. Launched in 2012, the series builds on 丁香园AV鈥檚 rich history of community engagement by exploring critical issues to contribute to better understanding among Vancouver鈥檚 citizens through an intellectually enriching experience.
The 丁香园AV Vancouver Speaker Series is presented by 丁香园AV Public Square, in partnership with 丁香园AV Vancouver and 丁香园AV鈥檚 Vancity Office of Community Engagement.
Gwynne Dyer has worked as a freelance journalist, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs for more than 20 years, but he was originally trained as an historian. Born in Newfoundland, he received degrees from Canadian, American and British universities, finishing with a Ph.D. in Military and Middle Eastern History from the University of London. He served in three navies and held academic appointments at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Oxford University before launching his twice-weekly column on international affairs, which is published by over 175 papers in some 45 countries.
His first television series, the 7-part documentary 鈥榃ar鈥�, was aired in 45 countries in the mid-80鈥瞫. One episode, 鈥楾he Profession of Arms鈥�, was nominated for an Academy Award. His more recent works include the 1994 series 鈥楾he Human Race鈥�, and 鈥楶rotection Force鈥�, a three-part series on peacekeepers in Bosnia, both of which won Gemini awards. His award-winning radio documentaries include 鈥楾he Gorbachev Revolution鈥�, a seven-part series based on Dyer鈥檚 experiences in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in 1987-90, and 鈥楳illenium鈥�, a six-hour series on the emerging global culture.
Dyer鈥檚 recent books include 鈥淚gnorant Armies: Sliding into War in Iraq鈥� (2003), 鈥淔uture: Tense鈥� (2005) and 鈥淭he Mess They Made: The Middle East After Iraq鈥� (2007), all of which were number one or number two on the Globe & Mail鈥檚 non-fiction best-seller list.
His new book 鈥淐limate Wars鈥�, based on his recent CBC 鈥淚deas鈥� series of the same name, deals with the frightening geopolitical implications of large-scale climate change, and has just been published in Canada by Random House.
鈥淐rawling from the Wreckage鈥�, just published, traces the world鈥檚 halting emergence from the dark tunnel of the past decade, a time marked by exaggerated fears of terrorism, futile and unnecessary wars in the Middle East, neglect of climate change, and financial near-collapse.
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