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Conversation Kleinman Center Event

A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson

Friday, April 8, 2022 | 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Energy Week

Speakers

Kim Stanley Robinson
Author
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
Perry World House Professor of Practice of Law and Human Rights, University of Pennsylvania

Moderator

Cornelia Colijn
Executive Director, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Virtual event

Join author Kim Stanley Robinson, in conversation by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, as he discusses his new novel and a vision of climate change over the coming decades.

Event Summary

How will our reliance on fossil fuels today reshape our future? Global efforts like the Paris Agreement and COP26 have set targets to curb emissions, but the world is still falling short of the action required to mitigate the most deleterious impacts of climate change.

In his latest book, legendary science-fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson imagines a near future where our unsustainable energy system has wrought unimaginable harm. Named one of President Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2020, The Ministry for the Future uses fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the vivid story of how climate change will affect us all.

Join us as Kim Stanley Robinson discusses his new novel and a vision of climate change over the coming decades. Robinson will be joined in conversation by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Perry World House Professor of Practice of Law and Human Rights at the University of Pennsylvania.

This event is part of Energy Week at Penn. Check out the rest of the 2022 programming at  energyweek.upenn.edu.

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speaker

Kim Stanley Robinson

Author
Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy. His latest novel is The Ministry for the Future, one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2020.
speaker

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein

Perry World House Professor of Practice of Law and Human Rights
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein was Jordan’s Ambassador to the United States between 2007-2010 and represented Jordan before the International Court of Justice in 2004 and 2009, as well as on the issue of nuclear security. He was the UN Human Rights Chief from 2014-2018.
moderator

Cornelia Colijn

Executive Director
Cornelia Colijn is the executive director of the Kleinman Center. She envisions, plans, and manages all center programming, while building connections with students, faculty, and leaders in the energy industry.