Season 3, Episode 12: Christina Gerhardt, Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean; With Special Guest, Simona Marinescu

Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs

Join Professors Jeffrey Sachs, Christina Gerhardt and UN Senior Advisor on Small Island Developing States, Simona Marinescu as they discuss human induced global warming, the implications of rising sea levels, and Gerhardt’s book, Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean. This discussion shifts our focus to the frontlines of climate change—low-lying islands and despite contributing the least to global warming, these islands bear the brunt of its impacts.

Together, they explore the local stories of various islands and coastlines through immersive storytelling, scientific insight, and research from each of their own personal experiences. Join us to learn about the impacts of climate change, tourism, military bases and more on these island economies and their indigenous inhabitants. While the implications for these communities are dire, leave hopeful that there are solutions and approaches being used to protect the cultural heritage and identity of these islands.

The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org.

Footnotes:

• SIDS
• US and China Climate Standoff
• US Climate Negotiations
• Sea Levels Rising
• Colonialism in SIDS
• Climatologists
• Nature based Solutions
• Low Lying Islands
• Migration with Dignity Policy
• IPPC
• James Hansen
• Ice sheets melting
• Manhattan Fate to Sea Level Rising
• Internal Displacement on SIDS
• Pact for the Future
• Marshall Plan for SIDS
• Small Islands, Big Oceans

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