Climate and biodiversity: why we no longer have the right to make mistakes?

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Climate and biodiversity: why we no longer have the right to make mistakes?

Côme Girschig

Graduate of Sciences Po Paris and Ponts et Chaussées, Côme Girschig was France's representative at the UN World Youth Climate Summit. A committed speaker for several years, he has founded several associations including the Young Ambassadors for the Climate and Trial 5G Europe.

Since the COP21, the melting of the poles and the disappearance of species have become recurrent media themes. However, climate change and the sixth extinction are complex phenomena on which it is essential to focus in order to avoid making the same mistakes. Why does the melting of the permafrost represent a real danger? What does "rising sea levels" mean? Why does the acidification of the oceans matter to us directly?

The conference will take place in three parts. After giving an overview of the latest scientific findings on climate and biodiversity (based on the work of the IPCC and IPBES), we will understand together the content and effectiveness of international and national policies implemented to try to reduce our impact. We will end with a critical, ethical and philosophical discussion of solutions (geo-engineering, transformation of collective imaginations, reform of the economic model, comparative study of nuclear and renewable energies, etc.), in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the 19th and 20th centuries.

About Côme Girshig

Graduate of Sciences Po Paris and Ponts et Chaussées, Côme Girschig was France's representative at the UN World Youth Climate Summit. A committed speaker for several years, he has founded several associations including the Young Ambassadors for the Climate and Trial 5G Europe.