Books

Arthur Snell

Elemental: How We Will Live on a Warming Planet

Pavilion Arts Centre

11 Jul 2026

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With over 30 years’ experience in conflict zones and fragile states, historian and former British diplomat Arthur Snell travels from the heat of the Sahel to the Arctic Circle to show how climate change is coinciding with a breakdown in geopolitical order, increasing conflict and economic crises. Within our lifetimes, rising temperatures, sea levels and scarcity will inevitably drive both conflict and mass migration globally. Natural disasters and the battle for rare minerals that are essential to clean energy will shake the established world order to its core within this century. Arthur asks, what will living on a warmer planet look like?

Dates

11 Jul 2026

10am - 11am

Price

£14

Venue

Pavilion Arts Centre

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