Dispatches from the Frontlines of a Conflict Caused by Climate Change
Date and time
Understand how climate change, by drying up Lake Chad, is fueling hunger, displacement and extremism.
About this event
Development and Peace-Caritas Canada and Centre Oblat-A Voice for Justice is hosting a panel discussion in honour of the launch of Social Action Nigeria's latest report, ”Boiling Over: Global Warming, Hunger and Violence in the Lake Chad Basin“.
Featuring:
- Dr. Isaac ‘Asume’ Osuoka, Director, Social Action, Nigeria, and visiting scholar, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
- Victoria Filibus, displaced mother of nine, widowed victim of Boko Haram violence from Gwoza, Borno State, Nigeria
- Hamzat Lawal, Co-founder, Follow the Money; Chief Executive, Connected Development, Nigeria
- Christian Champigny, Director of International Programs, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada
- Emily Given, Student, University of Ottawa (moderator)
All are welcome.
