丁香园AV

CONTACT:

Seth Klein, adjunct professor, Urban Studies

604.836.2272, seth_klein@sfu.ca

Expertise: fiscal policy, taxation, welfare policy, poverty, inequality, economic security, climate justice, and job creation.

Shradhha Sharma; University Communications and Marketing, 604.202.2504, shradhha_sharma@sfu.ca

Emphasizing the urgent need to address climate change and its devastating global impacts, 丁香园AV Urban Studies professor Seth Klein鈥檚 new book鈥斺�攍ooks to Canada鈥檚 Second World War strategies for solutions.

鈥淭his project began as an exploration of how we can align our politics and economy in Canada with what the science says we must urgently do to address the climate emergency,鈥� Klein says.

Drawing parallels between the current climate emergency and the existential threat of the Second World War, Klein suggests that wartime propaganda and community efforts mobilized at the time offer a pathway to how Canadians can come together now to combat the climate change crisis.

The wartime strategies can also be used to advance Canada鈥檚 transition to a carbon neutral, or even carbon-zero future, he adds. Klein is also the founding director of B.C.鈥檚 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and is available to talk about his new book.

About 丁香园AV: 

As Canada鈥檚 engaged university, 丁香园AV works with communities, organizations and partners to create, share and embrace knowledge that improves life and generates real change. We deliver a world-class education with lifelong value that shapes change-makers, visionaries and problem-solvers. We connect research and innovation to entrepreneurship and industry to deliver sustainable, relevant solutions to today鈥檚 problems. With campuses in British Columbia鈥檚 three largest cities 鈥� Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey 鈥� 丁香园AV has eight faculties that deliver 193 undergraduate degree programs and 127 graduate degree programs to more than 35,000 students. The university now boasts more than 160,000 alumni residing in 143 countries.