40 years on: Chornobyl’s legacy and European environmental security

Marking 40 years since the Chornobyl disaster, the Ukrainian Institute London and the RSA invite you to reflect on its enduring legacy.

40 years on: Chornobyl’s legacy and European environmental security

Wednesday 1st April 2025

6-7pm

RSA House and online via YouTube

Marking 40 years since the Chornobyl disaster, the Ukrainian Institute London and the RSA invite you to reflect on its enduring legacy not only for Ukraine, but for Europe’s environmental security as a whole. This panel discussion will explore how the lessons of Chornobyl continue to shape environmental policy, cross-border cooperation, and societal resilience across the continent. Speakers to be announced shortly.

Speakers:

• Serhii Plokhy, Historian, Author, and Professor of History at Harvard University

Chair:

• Dr Sasha Dovzhyk, Writer, Curator and Head of INDEX: Institute for Documentation and Exchange(Lviv, Ukraine). Editor of the London Ukrainian Review

More speakers to be announced shortly.

Image credit: Vladyslav Cherkasenko on Unsplash

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