Fourth Evening University to raise the topic of the climate crisis

They will discuss the challenge facing our whole society. A warming planet, more frequent and more extreme natural disasters and the loss of biodiversity are just some of the manifestations of climate change. Slovakia, like the rest of the world, is facing a gradual environmental crisis that requires not only new technological solutions but also a change in people's values. The evening university entitled Together Against the Climate Crisis will try to find solutions to get out of the problem from a scientific, social and practical point of view.

UCM's regular discussion format aims to introduce current societal issues through attractive discussions with external guests and experts from academia. This discussion will take place on Tuesday, 26 November at 18.00 in the premises of the Little Berlin at Štefánikova 4 in Trnava. Admission is free for all visitors.

Jaroslava Slavková is a meteorologist and climatologist working at the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute. She is a PhD student at the Department of Astronomy, Earth Physics and Meteorology at Comenius University in Bratislava. In her work and studies she is mainly concerned with the topics of climate change and its impact on weather, extreme precipitation and droughts.

Lenka Vavrincová is a PhD student at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, UCM in Trnava, where she is part of a team involved in the search for alternative sorption materials and the development of other remediation techniques, applicable in the removal of (radio)toxic metals or xenobiotics from environmental media, in hazardous management, in green technologies and in agriculture, especially for the mitigation of climate change impacts.

Jakub Filo is a journalist and deputy editor-in-chief of the daily SME for news and journalism. He focuses mainly on politics and the environment. He is the author of the climate science fiction book series The Last Century, in which he describes the future of humanity that has not reversed the fate of climate change. He has also written a handbook for those who don't want to stand by and watch climate change, entitled Our (Climate) Change. He is part of the Climate Needs You initiative, which organised the largest online petition in Slovakia's history with over 120,000 signatures.

Peter Bročka is a Slovak lawyer and municipal politician, the current mayor of Trnava. He studied law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Trnava and received his LL.M. degree from the Central European University in Budapest. As Mayor, he focuses on green solutions, efficient mobility and the use of smart technologies for the sustainable development of the city.