About this event

Climate change dramatically exacerbates socio-economic inequalities both within and across countries, disproportionately impacting the marginalized. Therefore, urgent work is needed to clarify the channels via which societal actors—individuals, governments, NGOs, enterprises, and civil society groups—may resolve the equity dilemma in climate resilience efforts. In a parallel manner, justice remains front and center in our scholarly understanding of decarbonization efforts. Decarbonization depends on the generation of scientific knowledge about the processes that will reduce human emissions of greenhouse gasses and will require strategies for coordination across countries seeking to ratify effective emissions reductions agreements.

Investigating the relationship between climate justice, resilience, and decarbonization, this conference seeks to address pressing and often-times transdisciplinary questions by spotlighting the expertise of Columbia scholars working on these topics. 

This conference is organized by the "Decarbonization, Climate Resilience and Climate Justice" Earth Network of the Columbia Climate School. See more information on the network here: justice.climate.columbia.edu. The conference is co-hosted by The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities.

Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Skyller Walkes, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti Bias at Columbia Climate School. We are looking forward to a full day of interdisciplinary panels investigating the relationship between climate justice, resilience, and decarbonization, including some presentations by our own network members!

We will provide breakfast, lunch and coffee, and you are invited to join the closing reception after the conference. If you are unable to attend the full day, we encourage you to come to some of the panels, or join us for the reception after the conference. Please RSVP using this link.