'Everyday Stories of Climate Change' - A Comic

Join us as we officially launch the comic, 'Everyday Stories of Climate Change', which threads together research about low-income families' experience and adaptation to climate change across five countries.

Readers will start in Australia and then head to Bangladesh where sea-level rise impacts women’s domestic duties. Next, you travel to South Africa, where drought is experienced differently based on a person’s race. After this, you cross the Atlantic Ocean to Bolivia where migration allows families to adapt to climate change, but the separation of family members can strain relationships. From here, you go to Puerto Rico where food security is an issue after Hurricane Maria. Finally, you go to the Caribbean Island, Barbuda, where people are resisting disaster capitalists after Hurricane Irma.

There will be Q and A, and the authors will discuss the translation of climate change research into a comic. Speakers:

• Adeeba Risha - BRAC University, Bangladesh
• Dr Gemma Sou - RMIT University, Australia
• Dr Gina Ziervogel - University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Katrina Davey - Geography Teachers Association of Victoria

Chair: Professor Lauren Rickards - RMIT University. Unfortunately, the illustrator, Cat Sims cannot join us.

The comic will be free to download by July 10th and includes information on climate change and discussion points

The event will be live-streamed and recorded. Please register to attend via a Zoom livestream.