Online Public Lecture “Climate Change – Essence and Wrestling” 23.04.2020

"Climate Change - Essence and Wrestling" - an online public lecture under this name was held for students and staff of the Batumi Navigation Teaching University.

The public lecture was dedicated to the International Earth Day and was organized by the International Relations Service of the Higher Education Institution.

The lecture was delivered by SEED Georgia Director, former chief editor of “National Geographic Georgia” magazine and biologist - Levan Butkhuzi.

The lecture was aimed at delivering basic information about climate change to the audience in a popular way, as well as assessing the threats and their reality.

Particular attention was paid to the reliability of scientific data on the human role in climate change and what causes tensions between people of different political views when it comes to climate change. 40 representatives of BNTU attended the public lecture.

April 22 is International Earth Day. The date has already been celebrated in the world for the 50th time.

This day is one of the largest environmental events in the world, with more than 193 countries and millions of volunteers participating each year. Georgia has joined the list of these countries since 1990.

This year's slogan for Earth Day is "Climate Change."