National Museum Cardiff will host the second in a series of four Reith Lectures on Thursday 13 May, to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service.
Martin Rees – President of the Royal Society, Astronomer Royal and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge – will deliver his thoughts on Surviving the Century, as part of the series on Scientific Horizons.
Martin Rees will take to the stage at the Museum’s Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre and explore how we might save our planet in the face of increasing threats.
He assesses population explosion, food shortages and climate change and looks at possible solutions like clean energy. Will we be successful? Martin says he’s a techno-optimist but there are reasons for pessimism.
In this series of prestigious lectures, he will consider scenarios, some optimistic, some less so, for a world in which pressures on resources and the environment will become ever more acute.
Described by Radio 4 Controller Mark Damazer as “a thrilling voyage of discovery”, the lecture will be recorded for broadcast on Radio 4 on Tuesday 8 June at 9am, and the BBC World Service on Saturday 12 June at 18:00hrs.
BBC Cymru Wales Director Menna Richards said: “Professor Rees is recognised around the world for his inspiring approach to science and its role in contemporary life and we are very pleased to welcome him to Wales for what promises to be a thoroughly thought-provoking lecture.”
Admission is by ticket only and the event is now fully booked.
