Event

SEI Oxford 20th anniversary event: “The Future of Adaptation”

Name: SEI Oxford 20th anniversary event: “The Future of Adaptation”
Start: 2022-09-29 18:30:00
End: 2022-09-29 21:30:00

In 2022, SEI marked the 20th anniversary of SEI Oxford and 15th anniversary of weADAPT, our pioneering, global climate change adaptation platform and network. The event featured diverse and leading voices in adaptation from around the world. It included an intergenerational discussion of how strategic approaches are changing – or staying the course – as the world’s youth begin tackling climate change mitigation and adaptation.

29 September 2022 at 18:30 BST

ending at 21:30 BST

Oxford, United Kingdom and Online

Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxfordshire, OX1 3PW

Oxford, England city skyline — Photo: Max Dannenbaum / Getty Images.

Video: SEI / YouTube.

The “Future of Adaptation event“, held in the atmospheric Oxford University Museum of Natural History, celebrated leading innovation in research and practice in the adaptation cause. Participants included:

Youssef Nassef – Director of the UNFCCC Adaptation Division
Arame Tall – Senior Adaptation and Resilience Specialist, Climate Change Group, World Bank
Lisa Schipper – (Incoming) Professor of Development Geography, University of Bonn; SEI Associate
Nathalie Seddon – Professor of Biodiversity and Senior Associate, International Institute for Environment and Development, University of Oxford; Senior Fellow, the Oxford Martin School
George Carew-Jones – UN COP Working Group Member and Press Officer, UK Youth Climate Coalition
Inès Bakhtaoui, Research Associate, SEI Oxford
Magnus Benzie – Research Fellow, SEI Stockholm
Sukaina Bharwani – Senior Research Fellow, SEI Oxford
Richard J. T. Klein – SEI Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Geography, Climate Policy and Development at Linköping University

Miss the event? You can still watch the livestream.