The New North

The Royal Society of Arts has a regular programme of free lectures. I was tipped off about an event that is taking place later this month.

The event is on the 23rd of March at the RSA. I was all set to go, but have something else to do that day unfortunately so can't attend - fortunately I can LISTEN LIVE.

Thanks to @HodderGeography for the tip-off.
The event is called 'The New North'.

Here's a description of the session:

In 2050, Northern countries – notably Canada, Russia and Scandinavia – will rise at the expense of southern ones. Patterns of human migration will be dramatically altered – and where we are born will be crucial. But, argues UCLA Professor Laurence Smith, humans are adaptable: and there will be gains as a new world takes shape.

Laurence Smith visits the RSA to explore the four forces that are changing the world – climate change, rising population, globalisation and resource depletion – and attempts to predict how they will shape the world between now and 2050.

Speaker: Laurence Smith, professor and vice-chairman of geography and professor of earth and space sciences at the University of California.
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This is just one of many events at the RSA that are worth attending. Always worth a check on the calendar if you know you're going to be in London 

The book by Laurence Smith is available on AMAZON. You can read quite a lot of it on LOOK INSIDE to get a real taste of it. More to come on this area later...

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