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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: Behind the Headlines | Climate Change: Can Stories Save the World?
Description: Recorded February 13, 2019.
In anticipation of Trinity’s Green Week, the Trinity Long Room Hub's latest Behind the Headlines looks to the humanities to take on Climate Change. How do history, literature, film and art help us understand the contemporary environmental challenges we face?
As scientists warn us of the consequences of our human impact on the environment, the arts help us visualise the consequences of climate change and natural catastrophe, eliciting emotional responses that prompt action. By looking to the past, we can understand historical examples of conflict and climate and the unintended consequences brought about by attempts to mitigate th...