Defending Rights in an Era of Climate Crisis
Lessons from frontline activists in East and Southern Africa, the Amazon, and the American South.
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Can Deforestation be Ended by 2030?
Mitigating climate change and recovering global biodiversity that involves the rapid reversal of deforestation. This panel discussion will feature people who are contributing to the range of strategies needed to achieve this goal.
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Political Ecologies of Oil Conflicts in Ecuador’s Yasuni Amazon Forest
Lurie Conference RoomExplore how benefit-sharing policies, public participation, and indigeneity influence natural resource conflicts in the Ecuadorian Amazon with Danilo Borja, a researcher and practitioner who tackles energy justice, clean energy, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, and environmental remediation.
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Reflections on the Energy Transition: Where are we and where are we headed?
Higgins Lounge at Dana CommonsLeading scholars and policy experts will discuss the current state and future of the global energy transition, including questions of climate, energy, and extractive industries.
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Mapping Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Frontlines of Extractive Industries
ASEC 202Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities steward nearly one billion hectares of tropical forests across four major forest basins. Yet their lands face unprecedented pressure from oil, gas, mining, and other industrial extractive activities. In this talk, Anna Bebbington, MS GIS ’22, currently a Research Manager at Earth Insight, will present findings from a collaboration between Earth Insight and the […]