June 7, 2023
XI ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE
"LET´S TALK ABOUT ECO- ANXIETY:
IS THERE A FUTURE FOR YOUTH?"
Take action! Let´s transform eco-social crisis into a drive for change
Where: AULA MAGNA University of Barcelona
Historic Building, University Square, Gran Vía de las Cortes Catalanas, 585 Barcelona
When: from 10:00 to 13:30
Historic Building, University Square, Gran Vía de las Cortes Catalanas, 585 Barcelona
When: from 10:00 to 13:30
Discussion seminar that will approach, from different perspectives, the effect of climate change on youth´s mental health and future and how climate anxiety is activating specific and recurrent protest actions by young people in recent years.
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PROGRAMME
10:00-10:20 Opening, by Dr. Joan Guàrdia, rector of University of Barcelona is going to welcome the attendees and open the event. Then Dr. Guàrdia will pass the word to:
Mr. Tomàs Molina, Scientific director, and conductor of the conference
Mr. Miguel A. Torres, President of Familia Torres
Honourable Mrs. Teresa Jordà, Counsellor of Acció Climàtica, Alimentació and Agenda Rural
10:20-10:30 «The future of youth in Catalonia, health and climate change», by Anna Barnadas, secretary of Acció Climàtica, Generalitat de Catalunya
10:30-10:50 «Climate change and mental health in children and teenagers: ecoanxiety», by Virginia Krieger, PhD in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology of the Faculty of Psychology, UB
10:50-11:10 «Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change», [online] by Caroline Hickman, Psychotherapist and Lecturer at the University of Bath. Co-author of the largest scientific study on climate anxiety in children and young people, funded by AVAAZ and published in The Lancet Planetary Health (2021)
11:10-11:25 «Can eco-anxiety radicalize climate activism? », [video] by Fernando Valladares, PhD in Biological Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid, Lecturer, and Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council
11:30-11:50 Coffee break
11:50-12:00 «Presentation of the survey´s results: “And you, how do you feel?” ». Conversation with Tomàs Molina and Carlota Bruna, dietitian-nutritionist, environmental and animal rights activist and ambassador of the European Climate Pact
12:0-12:10 «Why you should be a climate activist? » [video] by Luisa Neubauer, German climate activist and co-organizer of the Fridays for Future demonstrations
12:15-12:55 Round table «Take action! Let´s transform eco-social crisis into a drive for change», moderated by Tomàs Molina, and with the participation of:
Beatriu Garcias, member of End Fossil Barcelona
Dani Arenas, member of Greenpeace Spain
Maria Serra, activist for climate justice and ambassador of the European Climate Pact
Elisabet Manich, member of the Citizens' Assembly for Climate of Barcelona
12:55-13:05 Questions time
13:05-13:15 «The future of youth in Europe», by Laura Rahola, Head of Communication of the Representation of the European Commission in Barcelona
13:15-13:20 «Conclusions», by Teresa Sauras, Lecturer of the Department of Evolutive Biology, Ecology and Environmental Science at the UB and rector's delegate for Sustainability
13:20-13:30 Closing speech, by:
Mr. Ernest Abadal, Vice-rector assigned to the rector and for Teaching and Research Staff, UB
Mr. Miguel A. Torres, President of Familia Torres
Mr. Tomàs Molina, conductor of the conference
10:00-10:20 Opening, by Dr. Joan Guàrdia, rector of University of Barcelona is going to welcome the attendees and open the event. Then Dr. Guàrdia will pass the word to:
Mr. Tomàs Molina, Scientific director, and conductor of the conference
Mr. Miguel A. Torres, President of Familia Torres
Honourable Mrs. Teresa Jordà, Counsellor of Acció Climàtica, Alimentació and Agenda Rural
10:20-10:30 «The future of youth in Catalonia, health and climate change», by Anna Barnadas, secretary of Acció Climàtica, Generalitat de Catalunya
10:30-10:50 «Climate change and mental health in children and teenagers: ecoanxiety», by Virginia Krieger, PhD in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology of the Faculty of Psychology, UB
10:50-11:10 «Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change», [online] by Caroline Hickman, Psychotherapist and Lecturer at the University of Bath. Co-author of the largest scientific study on climate anxiety in children and young people, funded by AVAAZ and published in The Lancet Planetary Health (2021)
11:10-11:25 «Can eco-anxiety radicalize climate activism? », [video] by Fernando Valladares, PhD in Biological Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid, Lecturer, and Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council
11:30-11:50 Coffee break
11:50-12:00 «Presentation of the survey´s results: “And you, how do you feel?” ». Conversation with Tomàs Molina and Carlota Bruna, dietitian-nutritionist, environmental and animal rights activist and ambassador of the European Climate Pact
12:0-12:10 «Why you should be a climate activist? » [video] by Luisa Neubauer, German climate activist and co-organizer of the Fridays for Future demonstrations
12:15-12:55 Round table «Take action! Let´s transform eco-social crisis into a drive for change», moderated by Tomàs Molina, and with the participation of:
Beatriu Garcias, member of End Fossil Barcelona
Dani Arenas, member of Greenpeace Spain
Maria Serra, activist for climate justice and ambassador of the European Climate Pact
Elisabet Manich, member of the Citizens' Assembly for Climate of Barcelona
12:55-13:05 Questions time
13:05-13:15 «The future of youth in Europe», by Laura Rahola, Head of Communication of the Representation of the European Commission in Barcelona
13:15-13:20 «Conclusions», by Teresa Sauras, Lecturer of the Department of Evolutive Biology, Ecology and Environmental Science at the UB and rector's delegate for Sustainability
13:20-13:30 Closing speech, by:
Mr. Ernest Abadal, Vice-rector assigned to the rector and for Teaching and Research Staff, UB
Mr. Miguel A. Torres, President of Familia Torres
Mr. Tomàs Molina, conductor of the conference
SCIENTIFIC COMITTEE
Mr. Tomàs Molina
Scientific Director of the Envoronmental Conferences |
Ms. Teresa Sauras
Lecturer at the Faculty of Biology and rector's delegate for Sustainability |
Mr. Javier Martín-Vide
Professor and Doctor in Phisical Geography at the UB |
Mr. Ernest Abadal
Vice-rector assigned to the rector and for Teaching and Research Staff, UB |
Mr. Narcís Prat
Emeritus Professor of Ecology at the UB |
Ms. Lluna Baltasar
Head of institutional Relations and Protocol at the UB |
