Why highlight the centrality of reproduction when studying climate change?

Panel discussion including:  Dr Heather McMullen (Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London), Rebecca Davis (Climate Change Medical Education Fellow and GP - Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust/Cambridge University Clinical School) and Nazneen Khan, Center of South Asian Studies, Visiting Research Fellow

Featuring academic panel members across the fields of biological sciences, sociology, gender studies, history and journalism these seminars discuss how climate change and reproductive justice intersect. 

The third in a series of three in-person seminars. 

• Tackling the Overpopulation Myth and Climate Change
• An Intersectional and Transnational Approach to Climate Change 
• Why highlight the centrality of reproduction when studying climate change?

All three seminars will be held in the Sociology Seminar Room, Free School Lane. 

A networking reception will follow the panel talks. 

Thanks to the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences for research framework funding.

Image: Climate change is a driver of food insecurity. These women in Niger are queuing to receive monthly food aid. Each family receives 75 kg of grain, 3 litres of oil and 15 kg of pulse crops. For children aged 6 months -2 years, there is also 6 kg of super cereal, while pregnant and lactating women receive 7.5 kg of it. In addition to food distribution, prenatal and post-natal consultations are held. EU/ECHO/Jean de Lestrange via Flickr.