Catastrophe: Overcoming Climate Change with History

Catastrophe: Overcoming Climate Change with History

This curiosity pod explores how human actions have changed climate and the environment for thousands of years. Did you know that humans have thought about, and tried to stop, climate change for centuries?

We explore history, science and psychology to use the past to solve pressing environmental challenges in our lifetime. Only by studying the past can we learn to stop making the same mistakes.

This Curiosity Pod will give you a chance to:

• Understand why history matters for solving climate change today
• Explain how human actions have caused long-term changes to ecosystems and climate
• Think about how agriculture and cities threaten the future of humanity

This Curiosity Pod is embedded in the subject HUMN 3109 Catastrophe: The Environmental History of the Ancient World (opens in a new window)

Contact: Professor Brett Bennett, School of Humanities and Communication Arts​