Conference: “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 – 2016)
Triolet Campus, Dumontet lecture hall, building 7.
“If everyone has in mind the rising curve of CO₂ emissions₂ For two centuries, strangely enough, we have had no history. What are the major historical processes that should be prioritized in relation to this curve? What are the institutions, powers, imaginaries, and interests that have truly set us on the path to climate catastrophe? This conference will aim to restore CO₂ a history and therefore a policy.”
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz is a historian and researcher at the CNRS (Centre Alexandre Koyré, Paris, France). He is the author of several books, including: L'Apocalypse joyeuse, une histoire du risque technologique (The Joyful Apocalypse: A History of Technological Risk), Paris, Le Seuil, 2012, and L'Évènement Anthropocène (The Anthropocene Event), Paris, Le Seuil, 2016 (with C. Bonneuil).
 This conference is organized by Geosciences Montpellier, the Faculty of Sciences of Montpellier, the GAIA Doctoral School, and Campus France.