5:30pm-8:00pm on Thursday 20 March
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St John's College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP
The changing climate is perhaps the biggest challenge facing humanity today. The effects of climate change are not distributed evenly, with those living in the global South disproportionately affected by rising sea levels, droughts, floods, extreme heat and other environmental and social stresses. This will have potentially devastating impacts on maternal and infant health, access to safe birthing and abortion conditions and reproductive autonomy.
Meanwhile, a growing global population may lead to increased greenhouse emissions, especially in richer countries where consumption is highest. However, discourse around the environmental impacts of reproduction has been tainted by racist myths about overpopulation and fertility and a history of forced sterilisation of indigenous and ethnic minority groups.
So how does climate change affect reproductive choices – and how do our reproductive choices affect the climate?
Join us for a panel discussion and accompanying multimedia exhibition exploring the intersectionality of reproductive justice and climate change. We aim to highlight how environmental shifts impact reproductive health, rights, and justice, particularly for marginalized communities disproportionately affected by climate change.
Arrival from 5.30pm for an interdisciplinary panel discussion starting at 6.00pm. Register early as tickets are limited.
We also welcome you to stay on after the event to look round the exhibition and continue the discussions over a drinks reception.
This event has been organised by Cambridge Reproduction (www.repro.cam.ac.uk) and is part of our series on Reproductive Justice in a Changing Climate.
Join us for our other events as part of this programme for Cambridge Festival:
• Screening of documentary ‘The Climate Baby Dilemma’ with panel discussion – Monday 24 March, Old Divinity School, St John's College
• Screening of feature film ‘The End we Start From’ (2023), starring Jodie Comer – Tuesday 1 April, Old Divinity School, St John’s College
