The situation is serious, but there is no need to give in to despair. Read the 6 most interesting insights from the Together Against the Climate Crisis discussion
The ideas were presented at the fourth edition of the Evening University, a discussion format that aims to present socially important topics through the eyes of experts from UCM and interesting external guests.
The event took place on Tuesday, 26 November, in the premises of the Little Berlin in Trnava. Meteorologist and climatologist of the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute Jaroslava Slavkova, journalist and deputy editor-in-chief of the daily SME Jakub Filo and municipal politician, current mayor of Trnava Peter Bročka talked about how to explain the topic of the climate crisis to people who do not believe in it, what changes in the global society the warming of the planet will bring in the future, and what measures we can take to mitigate its consequences at the local level. The discussion was moderated by Magdaléna Švecová, a teacher from FMK UCM.
You can watch a recording of the discussion HERE
Six of the most interesting ideas that were presented at the discussion Together against the climate crisis:
1. Many people mistakenly believe that the warming of the planet is uniform, but this is not true. In Europe and the Arctic, temperatures are rising faster than the global average. (Jaroslava Slavkova)
2. Trnava is not located in a forested area. On the contrary, it is surrounded only by agricultural land, which has extreme temperatures in the summer months after the harvest. It is therefore the most endangered regional town in Slovakia in terms of heat waves. (Peter Bročka)
3. Headlines containing the generic phrase 'climate crisis' put people off. Journalists should convey the issue to the public through concrete and tangible real-life examples. (Jakub Filo)
4. Due to significant climate change, it will be increasingly difficult to predict extreme weather events in Slovakia as well. (Jaroslava Slavkova)
5. Planting trees and expanding water areas are the most cost-effective solutions to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis in urban environments. (Peter Bročka)
6. Climatologists and activists are not trying to get people "back in the trees" as their opponents claim. But the fact is that we as humanity will be forced to retrench. (Jakub Filo)
A reminder that the next Evening University discussions will take place again in the summer term. Its next fifth edition is scheduled for March 2025.
