Universities – Public lecture: Global famine after nuclear war – Vic

Source: Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka

US climate scientist Professor Alan Robock will deliver a public lecture on 10 February 2025 about the environmental and human impacts of a nuclear winter.

Professor Robock is a distinguished professor of climate science in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and an expert in climate change, geoengineering, and the climatic effects of nuclear war. (ref. https://people.envsci.rutgers.edu/robock/ )

The lecture will explore the devastating effects of nuclear conflict, and propose policy changes that could reduce the risk of nuclear war and lead to the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Lecture details

5.30–7 pm, Monday 10 February

Lecture Theatre 2

Rutherford House

33 Bunny Street

Pipitea, Wellington.