19th Annual Malcolm L. Comeaux Lecture Geography and the Global Environment Revisited: Geographical contributions and challenges to understanding the human dimensions o f our climate future A P R I L 2 , 2 0 2 1 | T I M E : 3 : 0 0 P . M . M S T L O C A T I O N : H T T P S : / / A S U . Z O O M . U S / J / 8 9 1 9 6 3 2 5 7 4 3 About the talk: This lecture will explore the ways in which geographers and geographical ideas have shaped understanding of the societal causes and consequences of climate change and how geography can analyze the opportunities and difficulties in responding to climate while meeting other goals for environment, justice and sustainable development. How can we understand the geography of greenhouse gas emissions and the urgency of reducing them? How do we understand patterns of climate vulnerability and ensure adaptation is appropriate to local conditions? And what are the tradeoffs, especially across space and within society, between climate responses and other goals for sustainability? About the speaker: Diana Liverman, University of Arizona Diana Liverman is Regents Professor and Director of the School of Geography, Development and Environment at the University of Arizona. Her work addresses the causes, consequences, and responses to climate change, especially climate vulnerability and climate justice, adaptation, governance, the role of the arts, and the links between environment and sustainable development. She served as director the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University and of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona. Her BA, MA and PhD are all in geography, and she has been honored by the Royal Geographical Society, American Association of Geographers and the American Geographical Society for her contributions to the discipline. .