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Arthur Snell – Elemental: How we will live on a Warming Planet

Arthur Snell presents his groundbreaking study, Elemental. A powerful exploration of how the climate crisis is reshaping our world in real time. Drawing on firsthand reporting from rapidly changing regions, Snell reveals how extreme weather, resource scarcity, and environmental disruption are transforming global power, economies, and everyday life.

From the future of food systems in India and Europe to the rise of new energy alliances and Arctic trade routes, Elemental offers both a stark warning and a vision of possibility. In this urgent and thought-provoking session, Snell explores how humanity might adapt – and even thrive – on a warming planet.

This event finished on Saturday 13 June 2026

Genre: History, Politics and Current Affairs

Location: Chapel

Duration: 60 minutes

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Arthur Snell – Elemental, How we live on a Warming Planet

Arthur Snell is an expert on the interaction between geopolitics and climate change with a degree in History from the University of Oxford. He has over 30 years’ experience in conflict zones and fragile states throughout the Middle East and Africa, and advised governments – including Ukraine during the current conflict – on a range of security- and conflict-related issues. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, the world’s oldest think tank, a former British Ambassador, and has hosted numerous podcasts, which have had millions of downloads.