Speaker: Benjamin Kunkel, editor of Who Will Build The Ark?

Benjamin Kunkel is a co-editor of the New Left Review essay collection Who Will Build the Ark? Debates on Climate Strategy (2023, Verso). Ark lays out various takes on what is needed to restructure societies and economies in the face of climate change. Kunkel will discuss the contours of these debates and what the book contributes to the broader literature and activism around climate issues.

Q&A to follow his remarks.Benjamin Kunkel co-founded the journal n+1 and is a member of NLR’s editorial committee. His books include a novel, Indecision, and Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis.