Surviving the Climate Crisis

by Dr. Peter Carter of the Climate Emergency Institute

We are in a climate system emergency — and it’s a threat to more than just our own survival. In May 2018, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said, “Climate change is an ‘existential threat’ to most life on the planet, including and especially humankind, and the age of fossil fuels must be ended.” This is about our children — and the children of all species.

Peter will cover how corporations and our own governments keep us fixed on fossil fuels, and how to break the addiction in order to create conversion and transformation. He will focus on what’s needed globally and what we need to do personally to “survive” the climate crisis.

More about the speaker: Dr. Peter Carter is a retired emergency and family physician (UK, Newfoundland, BC). When his sons were born, Peter’s mind (and heart) turned to the legacy he was leaving for them. He spent many years in the peace and disarmament movement, and then became involved in the environmental movement, which morphed into deep concern about the climate emergency. In 2008, Peter started the Climate Emergency Institute. Every day, he reads and synthesizes the latest climate change research, sharing his posts with thousands of followers on social media. In 2018, he co-authored Unprecedented Crime: Climate Science Denial and Game Changers for Survival, and has served twice as an expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Peter currently lives in Victoria with his wife, Julie, and their wee pup, Kodi.