Teach-in for Climate Justice at SOAS
Key information
- Date
- Time
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1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
- Venue
- Virtual Event
- Event type
- Virtual/online
About this event
Various speakers
Join staff from across SOAS to critically discuss Climate Change and Justice in interdepartmental discussions themed around Just Climate Change Transitions/Transformations.
Speakers include SOAS staff from Development Studies, Economics, School of Finance and Management, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Politics and International Studies, as well as SOAS affiliates.
This event is part of the WORLDWIDE Teach-In on climate solutions and justice , organised by the Open Society University Network in collaboration with the Bard College in New York, USA . The Worldwide Teach-In on Climate and Justice aims to involve over 1,000 schools, university and communities across the globe to stimulate a critical dialogue on just climate solutions.
We are glad to invite you to join us on 30th of March 2022 in an inter-departmental discussion on just climate change transitions/transformations.
The event is organised online and comprises of 3 sessions. All sessions are taking place via Zoom.
Session 1: Just transformations
Speakers:
Tom Tanner (Centre for Development, Environment and Policy- Dept. of Development Studies); Leo Horn Phathanothai (WRI and SOAS Professor of Practice); Inna Yaneva-Toraman (Dept. Of Anthropology and Sociology); Susannah Fisher (SOAS Professor of Practice); Farhana Yamin (International lawyer and activist)
Session 2: Financing just low-carbon transitions
Speakers:
Felicia Jackson (CISD, Dept. of Politics and International Studies); Ulrich Volz (Dept. of Economics); Dr Thomas Marois (Dept. of Development Studies); Yannis Dafermos (Dept. of Economics)
Session 3: Enabling Just energy transitions
Speakers:
Christine Oughton (School of Finance and Management); Giuseppina Siciliano (Centre for Development, Environment and Policy- Dept. of Development Studies); Michael Albert (Dept. of Politics and International Studies); Jon Phillips (Centre for Development, Environment and Policy- Dept. of Development Studies)