Join award-winning science journalist, author and broadcaster, Gaia Vince, for an urgent investigation of environmental migration–the most underreported, seismic consequence of our climate crisis that will force us to change where–and how–we live.
Drought-hit regions bleeding those for whom a rural life has become untenable. Coastlines diminishing year on year. Wildfires and hurricanes leaving widening swaths of destruction. The culprit, most of us accept, is climate change, but not enough of us are confronting one of its biggest, and most present, consequences: a total reshaping of the earth’s human geography. As Gaia Vince points out early in Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World, global migration has doubled in the past decade, on track to see literal billions displaced in the coming decades. What exactly is happening, and how will this new great migration reshape us all?
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety and comfort of all patrons, masks are required to attend in person.
Most people coming by car park for free at the Supreme Court of Canada on Wellington St.
Ticket holders unable to attend in person can request access to the livestream. Livestream links will be sent about an hour prior and will remain active for 48 hours. Please email leslie@writersfestival.org to request a link.
Books are available from our friends at Perfect Books.
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Nomad Century is the most important book I imagine I'll ever read. Gaia Vince calmly–without drum-banging or hand-wringing–sets forth likely consequences and end-of-century projections for our rapidly changing planet. It’ll knock you flat. But before you hit the ground, she hands over an impressively detailed survival plan: supporting radical migration from newly uninhabitable regions, rethinking urban structures and food practices, and restoring climate.
Join award-winning science journalist, author and broadcaster, Gaia Vince, for an urgent investigation of environmental migration–the most underreported, seismic consequence of our climate crisis that will force us to change where–and how–we live.
Drought-hit regions bleeding those for whom a rural life has become untenable. Coastlines diminishing year on year. Wildfires and hurricanes leaving widening swaths of destruction. The culprit, most of us accept, is climate change, but not enough of us are confronting one of its biggest, and most present, consequences: a total reshaping of the earth’s human geography. As Gaia Vince points out early in Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World, global migration has doubled in the past decade, on track to see literal billions displaced in the coming decades. What exactly is happening, and how will this new great migration reshape us all?
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety and comfort of all patrons, masks are required to attend in person.
Most people coming by car park for free at the Supreme Court of Canada on Wellington St.
Ticket holders unable to attend in person can request access to the livestream. Livestream links will be sent about an hour prior and will remain active for 48 hours. Please email leslie@writersfestival.org to request a link.
Books are available from our friends at Perfect Books.
The Ottawa International Writers Festival is supported by generous individuals like you. Please consider subscribing to our newsletter and making a donation to support our programming and children’s literacy initiatives.
