Introduced by Bruno Latour in Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime (2017), this term describes a transformative period in which climate change fundamentally disrupts long-standing political, social, and environmental frameworks. In the New Climatic Regime, traditional assumptions about nature’s stability and predictability are challenged as extreme weather events and ecological shifts reshape landscapes, resources, and social systems. This era calls for a rethinking of humanity’s relationship with the environment, highlighting the need for new approaches to ecological stewardship, governance, and resilience.
Introduced by Bruno Latour in Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime (2017), this term describes a transformative period in which climate change fundamentally disrupts long-standing political, social, and environmental frameworks. In the New Climatic Regime, traditional assumptions about nature’s stability and predictability are challenged as extreme weather events and ecological shifts reshape landscapes, resources, and social systems. This era calls for a rethinking of humanity’s relationship with the environment, highlighting the need for new approaches to ecological stewardship, governance, and resilience.