Presidential Plenary on Climate Justice

This special session seeks to draw more geographers’ attention to the problem of climate injustice, and to argue that only approaches to climate change policy based in justice can effectively address the roots of climate change, rather than treat the symptoms in ways that enrich and empower some at the expense of others. The panelists, all of them engaged in public policy as well as working with Indigenous and other marginalized communities, will present their research in this area, and their perspectives on barriers and openings.

Join AAG President Dr. Emily T. Yeh at 5:20 PM EST on February 27 during AAG 2022 for the Presidential Plenary on Climate Justice, featuring the insights of three noted scholars and advocates for addressing the disproportionate, inequitable impacts of climate change.

Introducer and Moderator:

Emily T. Yeh, Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder

Speakers:

Tracey Osborne, Associate Professor and UC Presidential Chair in the Management of Complex Systems Department at UC Merced; founding director of the UC Center for Climate Justice.

Kyle Whyte, George Willis Pack Professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan; active with a number of organizations that advance Indigenous research and education methodologies.

Michael Méndez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning and Policy at the University of California Irvine, author of Climate Change from the Streets (Yale University Press, 2020).

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