Knowledge Hub

What is climate justice? What are the barriers impeding effective action on climate change? What would the future look like if fairness, equity and justice were part of the response to climate change and the transition to a decarbonising world? How do we get there?

These were some of the questions asked in the climate justice Conference Imagining a Different Future which brought together a diverse range of thinkers to explore climate justice and inspire new strategies to overcome barriers to effective and just climate action. As well as researchers and scientists, there were activists, local community groups, students, artists, writers and musicians involved in the Conference and community discussions.

The Knowledge Hub contains the Conference blog posts and audio & video recordings of all the presentations at the Conference, along with links to other useful resources. The full list of presenters is in the final programme and you can use the search function with the presenter’s name or title.

Keynote Presenters: Robyn Eckersley, Steve Vanderheiden, Catriona McKinnon, Marcus  Düwell, Jeremy Moss, Sivan Kartha, Lavanya Rajamani, Guy Goodwin-Gill, Jack Pezzey, Nathan Bindoff, Ben Richardson and Jan McDonald.

Themes

  • Worldviews, Justice & Ethics

  • Barriers to Climate Justice

  • Strategies for Change

Subtopics

  • Society and Economy

  • Ethics and Philosophy

  • Law, Policy and Governance

  • Science and Technology

  • Art

  • Activism

 
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Resources

In addition to the materials on this website https://www.climatejustice.network, there are excellent resources on climate justice being produced by centres and NGOs around the world, such as the following:

  1. Sydney Environment Institute

  2. International Institute for Environment and Development

  3. Climate Action Network International

  4. Climate Justice and Equity Network

Videos and audio recordings from our events are made available on this website and can be shared with appropriate attribution.

 

1. Worldviews, Justice and Ethics

 

This theme outlines the history and theories of climate justice and seeks to identify common ground and differences.

  • Intragenerational and intergenerational justice normative frameworks - in mitigation, adaptation and financing

  • Religious perspectives – basis or barrier to climate action?

  • Ideal and non-ideal climate justice

  • Neoliberalism as an idea

  • Moral corruption and climate change

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3. Strategies

 

This section focuses on perspectives and strategies to overcome the barriers to implementing climate justice identified the 2018 Conference.

  • Understanding human psychology in dealing with climate change

  • Civil society and activist NGO strategies

 

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Subtopics