Dimensions of Climate Justice :Corelating an Upsurge?
Wednesday 11 December
10-4pm: Seminar: Dimensions of Climate Justice, Corelating an Upsurge?
University of Technology Sydney, Quay Street, Bld 10, Level 2, Room 450 (10.02.450)
As society is 'climatised', climate is politicised. Climate justice agendas unfold across multiple social fields, from emissions, to sinks, to impacts. Climate-focused engagement, articulation and mobilisation has a cumulative effect; how can these corelate and reinforce the growing upsurge?
The Climate Justice Research Centre aims to encompass the widening social and political dynamics, and for this seminar researchers report on various strands of current research: the socio-ecological impacts of large-scale solar in India (D. Ghosh); dynamics for democratisation in regional energy transiitons in Australia (T. Morton); the politicisation of climate impacts and
solutions on Indigenous lands (H. Norman); responses to climate-related
heat stress in the workplace (F. Newman); the (mis)use of climate sinks
for emissions 'drawdown' (M. Fabinyi); sources of leverage for anti-coal activism (J. Goodman); political power and influence of the fossil fuel sector (J. Walker).
Centre members are joined by Dr Cymene Howe and Dr Dominic Boyer,
who will open the program with an overview of their research and
engagement in debates about Cultures of Energy, especially in terms of their multimedia work in advancing energy/environmental justice. See
their blog/podcast at Rice University: http://culturesofenergy.com/
As society is 'climatised', climate is politicised. Climate justice agendas unfold across multiple social fields, from emissions, to sinks, to impacts. Climate-focused engagement, articulation and mobilisation has a cumulative effect; how can these corelate and reinforce the growing upsurge?
