What happens when artists and scientists gather on a schooner and cruise the Artic seas and work together in the meantime? The answer is Cape Farewell, a project founded and directed by David Buckland to develop the language we use that converts numbers into stories, and to inform the public about scientific discoveries.
“We need to understand the world on an emotional basis again”, Buckland says to Climate Science&Policy, “but why should we look at climate change as a tragedy, perhaps it is more a comedy of human error? Importantly it does provide us with the opportunity to question some of our key values and with the possibility for a societal switch”. For Climate is Culture.

The lecture “Climate is culture: where science meets art” is organized by  International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) in collaboration with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
The lecture will conclude with the screening of the film “Burning Ice.
Introduced by Carlo Carraro, President, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice – Director, International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG).
Moderated by Giuseppe Barbieri, Professor, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice.

The working language of the lecture will be English.
Admission free, subject to availability.

For information: [email protected] or 041/2700444

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