The second, highly attended, talk in the Summer Lecture Series run in collaboration by the Vienna Animal Studies Group, Transfarmation Austria, and STaR was given by Dr. Claudia Hirtenfelder.

Her presentation addressed how animals can be treated in urban policy as problems to be managed but also as solutions to mitigating the effects of climate change.

These topic are relevant not only for SDG14 Life on Land and SDG15 Life Below water, the only two SDGs that explicitly mention animals, but they also—as explicated by the speaker—could and should be considered in SDG 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities.

The talk further explored various interpretations and justifications of animal rights.

The lecture was followed by discussion, networking, and (of course) vegan snacks.

Event photos are available on STaR Event Photo Archive.

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