(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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mikael Karlsson will be joining other experts in climate governance and climate law at this exciting event! Co-hosts from the University of Glasgow, the University of Cambridge and the University of Strathclyde, also the CISDL’s tiny CLGI Secretariat and hundreds of other partners who have joined over the years, are delighted to invite you to […]

Baltic Sea Library – Geocentrum Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/68681779591   The interdisciplinary seminar takes place Tuesdays 10:15-12:00 twice per month during term time via zoom or/and in the Baltic Library, at the Department of Earth Sciences,  Villavägen 16. The first and last seminar each term includes planning discussions where PhD-students and researchers suggest future activities. The seminar is hosted by affiliated […]

09:00 - 10:30 UTC How can societies transform in order to fit within carbon budgets? This seminar describes Paris Agreement-based carbon budgets as a foundation for discussing the merits and shortcomings of various governance strategies, including potential COP26 outcomes, with a focus on social fairness and effectiveness in meeting climate targets.  While much is known […]

On 15 November, 15.00 EST. Community of Democracies will discuss the issue of Climate Change as a Critical Test for Democracy. Daniel Lindvall, CCL Researcher will participate in the panel discussion. The event will aim to discuss how democracies can address climate change and its consequences.  At the same time the event will provide a […]

Maarten Deleye – Higher education and sustainability. A topic modeling discourse analysis of academic discourses. Baltic University Library – Geocentrum Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/68681779591   The interdisciplinary seminar takes place Tuesdays 10:15-12:00 twice per month during term time via zoom or/and in the Baltic Library, at the Department of Earth Sciences,  Villavägen 16. The first and last seminar each term includes planning […]

How do you respond to someone who denies climate change? What are the different ways misinformation, disinformation and denial impact attitudes and beliefs about climate change science? How can we, as scientists or science advocates, respond to these different misperceptions?   Whether you are scientist or student, you might have encountered this in your personal […]