Lecture: “A Political History of CO2”

March 23, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
By Jean-Baptiste Fressoz (co-author of the book *L’Évènement Anthropocène*, published by Seuil in 2016)
Triolet Campus, Dumontet Lecture Hall, Building 7.
“If everyone is aware of the rising trend in CO₂ emissions₂ For two centuries, curiously enough, we have had no history of it. What are the major historical processes that we must first and foremost link to this curve? What are the institutions, powers, narratives, and interests that have truly set us on a path toward a climate catastrophe? This lecture will aim to restore the CO₂ “a history, and therefore a policy.”
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz is a historian and researcher at the CNRS (Alexandre Koyré Center, Paris, France). He is the author of several books, including *The Joyful Apocalypse: A History of Technological Risk* (Paris: Le Seuil, 2012) and *The Anthropocene Event* (Paris: Le Seuil, 2016; co-authored with C. Bonneuil).
 This conference is organized by Geosciences Montpellier, the Faculty of Science at Montpellier, the GAIA Doctoral School, and Campus France.