Thomas Homer-Dixon

























Thomas Homer-Dixon

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Talks Already Given:

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Transcripts and Recordings of Selected Speeches:

On November 17, 2007, Thomas Homer-Dixon spoke to the delegates of the 2007 BC NDP Convention about urgent environmental challenges that need to be addressed. To watch the video, click here.

To download the slides used by Thomas Homer-Dixon in his presentation on "Climate Change and Canadian Municipalities: Mitigation and Adaptation" at the annual convention of the Union of BC Municipalities on September 26, 2007, please click here.

On April 25, 2007, Thomas Homer-Dixon presented the Ingar Moen Memorial Lecture to the Science and Technology Symposium of Defence Research and Development Canada on "Conflict in a Nonlinear World: Complex Adaptation at the Intersection of Energy, Climate, and Security." For a text of the speech, click here. PDF document

"The Upside of Down: Leveraging Catastrophe for Positive Change," World Affairs Council of Northern California, November 9, 2006.

Remarks on the Occasion of the "Naming of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies," Toronto, April 27, 2004 PDF document

"Ingenuity Theory: Can Humankind Create a Sustainable Civilization?," Address to the Royal Society of London, October 2, 2003 PDF document

"Synchronous Failure: The Real Danger of the 21st Century," The Robert J. Pelosky, Jr. Distinguished Lecture, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., December 4, 2002 PDF document

"Remarks at the Governor General's Literary Awards Ceremony," Ottawa, November 14, 2001 PDF document

"The Ingenuity Gap in a Fragmented World," Address to the Banff Television Festival, Banff, Alberta, June 11, 2001 PDF document

Download to your hard drive my PowerPoint slides for my presentation on "Ingenuity Theory" to the Royal Society of London on October 2nd, 2003. PowerPoint file

View a clip of my speech to the Navigating a New World Symposium, Convocation Hall, University of Toronto, November 6, 2004:

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