Climate change, human health, and building an equitable sustainable future
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Oct 10, 2024
from 06:40 PM to 07:40 PM |
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| Where | UofL Center for Archaeology & Cultural Heritage (CACHe), 1606 Rowan St. |
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Earth’s mean annual surface temperature has increased by 1.3 degrees Celsius over the pre-industrial average. We know that over the next 75 years, without an immediate and dramatic change in behavior, we will see an increase of 3-8 degrees C, levels not seen in the time since humans first evolved. The risks for human societies from this magnitude of warming are complex, with interacting hazards that are potentially amplified by our response. Historical sciences can speak to these uncertainties about how it will affect our societies and our health.
In this talk, Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug will describe archaeological perspectives on human health and well-being during periods of rapid climate change over the past 10,000 years. She will focus on the historical and socio-cultural factors that promoted resilience and those that were associated with high levels of violence, infectious disease spillover, and starvation.
Ultimately, Dr. Robbins Schug proposes that discussions of human health may be one of the greatest opportunities for motivating the urgent, transformative, and sustained actions we now require to achieve a fair, equitable, sustainable future on Earth. Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug is a bioarchaeologist and Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
This event is presented by the Kentucky Society of the Archaeological Institute of America with support from the University of Louisville Department of Anthropology.
