Remembering Berta Cáceres : Lenca Woman and Environmental Defender

This International Women’s Day we remember Berta Cáceres, Indigenous leader and environmental defender from the Lenca people of Honduras. Berta’s murder on March 2nd 2016 was directly associated with her campaign in the defence of the Gualcarque river, the site of a proposed dam in Lenca territory. Join Zennström Professor in Climate Change Leadership, Stefania […]

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Decolonising Climate Change Leadership, with Zennström Professor Dr. Stefania Barca

Uppsala, Sweden

What do we (think we) mean by the "Anthropocene"? What are the politics behind climate change and climate (in)action? These are the sorts of questions we will be discussing during a short talk and Q & A with Uppsala University's fourth Zennström Professor in Climate Change Leadership during Uppsala climate week. The event will take […]

Forces of Reproduction: A Feminist Dialogue

The Pufendorf IAS Advanced Study Group on Social Reproduction and Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) are hosting a feminist dialogue on Stefania Barca’s latest book Forces of Reproduction: Notes for a counter-hegemonic Anthropocene (Cambridge University Press). The dialogue will feature a book presentation by Stefania Barca followed by a discussion by Nancy Fraser […]

Living Library #1 Whose Knowledge? Othering knowledge, people and power.

We say that humans have the least experience with how to live and thus the most to learn – we must look to our teachers among the other species for guidance. Their wisdom is apparent in the way they live. They teach us by example. They´ve been on earth far longer than we have been, […]

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CO2-Budget 2021 Conference

CO2-BUDGET 2021 is a new conference that brings together municipalities, regions, researchers, climate engaged organizations and the public. The concept of carbon budgets are at the heart of the conference. Through seminars, workshops and panel discussions, we share – and create – knowledge about how the necessary reductions in emissions can be computed and achieved […]

Remembering Maria and Zé Cláudio : Earth Defenders from Amazonia, 10 Years On

(Photo credit: Felipe Milanez, 2010) (Para o português, veja abaixo) ** Registration for the zoom event in advance here ** On May 24, 2011, Maria do Espirito Santo and Zé Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva, nut collectors and members of the agroforestry project (Projeto Agro-Extractivista, PAE) of Praialta Piranheira in the Brazilian Amazon, were brutally murdered […]

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How to Listen #2: Co-shaping an exchange of narratives and learning together.

Hunt out wild flowers, reach out, not to pick them but as an offer of intimacy. Stay open-hearted, don’t put your ear to the ground to listen for sap or soil, instead tune into the words written between the lines – visible in the way bluebell, pink campion, stitchwort offer up their secrets, have made […]

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Living Library #3 : How to act? On allies, ambassadors and actions.

We work too hard We’re too tired to fall in love. Therefore we must overthrow the government. We work too hard We’re too tired to overthrow the government. Therefore we must fall in love. Rod Smith The Living Library is a conversational space that takes place in the intersection between fiction, action and research. Over […]

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Climate, Covid and the global care crisis: new pathways for a Just Transition

To start the Autumn semester at Uppsala University, Fourth Zennström Professor in Climate Change Leadership, Stefania Barca, will be giving the CEMUS start up lecture, titled “Climate, Covid and the global care crisis: new pathways for a Just Transition.” In keeping with university guidelines is that the event will be hybrid, with both an on-campus […]

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Democracy and the Challenges of Climate Change

14:00 - 15:30 CEST In the run-up to the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, International IDEA is hosting a webinar to launch the discussion paper on Democracy and the Challenges of Climate Change, written by Daniel Lindvall. The webinar will discuss what innovations, policies and actions are available to democracies to successfully tackle climate change as well […]

Nordic Climate Leadership – Drivers, barriers and opportunities on the road to and from Glasgow.

9:00 - 10:00 UTC The Nordic countries have long been climate policy pioneers. But what are the associated drivers, barriers and results, and how can the remaining gaps within targets be bridged? This workshop explores how lessons learned can be of value outside the Nordic Countries, and what can be learnt from efforts elsewhere. Speakers: Mikael […]