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Noons for Now: War, Military, and Climate with Tamara Lorincz

October 15 @ 12:00 pm
We welcome Tamara Lorincz, who will offer a short presentation on the Canadian military’s climate emissions and environmental footprint, military base contamination, and rise of military spending, providing essential context as Canada moves to “rebuild, re‑arm and re‑invest in the Canadian Armed Forces.”Speaker: Tamara Lorincz, PhD, Balsillie School for International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research is on the climate and environmental impacts of the military. The title of her dissertation is “In the Line of Fire: Military Emissions, the National Security Exemption and NATO Expansion in Climate Governance.” Tamara has a Law degree and MBA specializing in environmental law and management from Dalhousie University. She’s a former Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Environmental Network and co-founded the East Coast Environmental Law Association. She’s a senior researcher with the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. She’s a fellow with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. Her profile is here: https://balsillieschool.ca/people/tamara-lorincz/

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