Ottawa event March 27 — The science and geopolitics of climate change - A presentation by Dr. Denis Rancourt

The science and geopolitics of climate change

— A presentation by Dr. Denis Rancourt

Friday, March 27, 2015
7 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM)

University of Ottawa

Montpetit building, Room 203 (MNT 203)
 

Denis Rancourt will present a critical analysis about the science and geopolitics of climate change.

This will include descriptive overviews of:

• the physics of planetary warming
• planetary processes of carbon fluxes
• the politics of science funding
• social and systemic mechanisms of opinion
• national and UN drivers towards carbon management
• global and local consequences of carbon management
• planetary forces of destruction
• the nature of effective resistance

Dr. Denis G. Rancourt is a former tenured and Full Professor of physics at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is known for his applications of physics education research (TVO Interview). He has published over 100 articles in leading scientific journals, in the areas of spectroscopy, condensed matter physics, and environmental science. He has written several social commentary essays. He is the author of the book Hierarchy and Free Expression in the Fight Against Racism.