Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1999. In her current book-in-progress, Kolbert tells the story of the ice ages of the past in a way that conveys the i...

Holtzbrinck Lecture
The Nature of the Future
We live in a physical world transformed by human actions. Increasingly, we are confronted with their unhappy consequences: climate change, species loss, degradation of ecosystems. Should we intervene again? Should we try to counteract the effects of our previous interventions? In this talk, Elizabeth Kolbert discusses possible interventions, which include genetic engineering of endangered species and solar geoengineering.
Oct
28
2025
Environment
28.10.2025
19:30
- 21:00
American Academy in Berlin
Am Sandwerder 17-19
14109 Berlin-Wannsee
Am Sandwerder 17-19
14109 Berlin-Wannsee
Speaker: Elizabeth Kolbert
This event took place on October 28, 2025.
