August Newsletter: Listen & Learn for Climate Justice

The Climate Just Collective
August 2021

In this month’s spotlight, we share our top picks for climate justice education and awareness. Happy learning!
Want to contribute to our September edition? Email us your suggestions (climatejustcollective@outlook.com) or get in touch via our Contact Form on our Homepage.

The Green Economy and the Racial Wealth Gap (Multiple Dates) - Black people have been left out of the green economy. Join the virtual meetings.

Winds of Change: A Conversation on Art and Our Changing Climate by the American Folk Art Museum (5th and 6th August) - A conversation on relationships to the land past, present, and future, exploring the implications of global environmental crises.

Behaviour change in climate adaptation and mitigation by the Climate Change Commission (August 24th, 0800 - 0900 BST) - Join Professor Tatiana Filatova in the Netherlands to look at the role of behaviour change in climate action, and what drives people’s decisions to mitigate or adapt to climate change.

International speaker series – Race to zero: the UN climate champions by the Climate Change Commission (September 1st 0900 - 1000 BST) - Join Gonzalo Muñoz and Nigel Topping to discuss the Race to Zero campaign they’re heading up, and what they’re hoping for from this year’s UN Climate Change Conference.

Climate, Conflict, and Demography in Africa (14th September, 1330 - 1830 BST) - Africa Confidential, the International Crisis Group and the Royal African Society are jointly hosting a major, high-level virtual conference on 14th September to ensure that African voices can be heard in advance of the COP-26 Climate Conference to be held in Glasgow in November.

Environmental Justice MOOC (Future Learn) - Understand how climate change, biodiversity loss and deforestation affect people, exploring justice in environment management.

Climate justice for the next generation (Open University) - This free course, Climate justice for the next generation, frames global warming and climate change in terms of social justice, human rights and intergenerational equality and emphasises how children and those least responsible for climate change are the ones who suffer its most significant consequences.

Carbon Capture and Storage (University of Edinburgh) - Explore the technology that can provide a long-term solution to protect our atmosphere from an excess of carbon dioxide, in the context of global energy, our use of fossil fuels, and climate change.

International Climate Change Law and Policy (University of Newcastle, Australia) - Learn about the evolution and architecture of international law and policy to combat climate change. Take a close look at the 2015 Paris Agreement (UNFCCC) from both a legal and economic perspective.

UN SDG Academy: Human Rights and Wrongs - With complex legal protections and varying societal norms, how do we ensure rights for all?

Crises Need Immediate Common Sense, Not Distant Promises - It has become popular to develop policies that signal the ends justify the means in delivering promises for our leaders successors. However, far from addressing societies pressing issues, these initiatives tend to put the onus on future generations…

The Conversation: After net zero, we will need to go much further and clean up historic emissions - At the time of writing 121 countries are signed up to the UNFCCC’s Climate Ambition Coalition. These pledges are significant, but still insufficient…

The Conversation: Are you a climate change hypocrite? Here’s why you shouldn’t worry - It was April 2019, Extinction Rebellion had occupied Oxford Circus in London, and the actress was eager to lend her headline-generating celebrity status to the group’s cause. As it turned out, however, the tabloids told a different story…

Virtual Climate Justice - Why Environmental Rights will be fought digitally…

Huffington Post: Climate Justice - A thread of related climate justice thought pieces and news items.

Tipping Point - An exploration of pathways for climate justice in the Age of the Anthropocene.

No Place Like Home - A Podcast focusing on the heart of climate change.

Displaced - A weekly podcast with leading humanitarians, policy makers, and innovators to understand how they think and tackle the climate crisis.

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Book Club Suggestions - Click on our Book Club suggestions to access our wonderful ‘Climate Justice Book Case’ as picked by our membership. Add to it and join the book club, hosted by our wonderful Katie Fawcett. (Find out more about our Book Club Here)

Climate Crisis Hub: Stories - A series of free films and documentaries by the Climate Crisis Hub.