Anthropogenic climate change has been described as the biggest crisis of the 21st century, with the next decade the last window to keep the heat within a less damaging range. What sort of a crisis is climate change from the standpoint of anthropology, as humans transform the geophysical processes of the planet? The 2012 Joel Kahn Anthropology lecture, delivered by Professor Linda Connor (University of Sydney). Introduced by Helen Lee. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.