#2. SSU – Prof. Gordon WALKER

This year has seen temperature records being broken to an extraordinary extent and pervasiveness, providing a clear indication, if yet another was needed, that the climate is in crisis. The experience of heatwave conditions around the world has been frighteningly intense and sometimes repeated and prolonged, with consequences that are typically all the more severe in city environments. In this talk I will consider the complexities involved in governing heat as a material, cultural and spatio-temporally differentiated phenomenon, the unequal vulnerabilities that physiologically and structurally put some populations far more at risk than others and the dilemmas of how to respond while simultaneously transitioning towards a post-carbon condition. Whether the future is one of ‘cool inclusion’ adapting to heat extremes in ways that respond to inequality and vulnerability and resist embedded colonial legacies; or one in which keeping cool for some means intensified threats for others, is a crucial question for urban life around the world.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘚𝘜 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘦.

— 14𝘵𝘩 𝘖𝘤𝘵​ – 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧. 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘢 𝘉𝘌𝘙𝘛𝘖𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘐 (𝘈𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘮 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺)
— 25𝘵𝘩 𝘕𝘰𝘷 – 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧. 𝘎𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘈𝘓𝘒𝘌𝘙 (𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺)
— 9𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘤 – 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧. 𝘋𝘳. 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘝𝘌𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘖 (𝘜𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺) & 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧. 𝘋𝘦𝘳𝘬 𝘓𝘖𝘖𝘙𝘉𝘈𝘊𝘏 (𝘌𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘙𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘮)