This day workshop will address theoretical and practical issues on climate justice at the intersection of philosophy, economics, and law, bringing together theoreticians and practitioners from all three disciplines. A special focus will be on the duties of states, companies, and individuals to take action against climate change.
- Date
- Monday 4 Apr 2022, 09:30 - 18:00
- Type
- Workshop
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Senaatszaal
- Ticket information
If you have not yet done so already, please register whether you will attend in person or online. Zoom: you will receive the link upon registration
Furthermore we will focus on the use of international law and human rights legislation as an instrument to enforce climate actions.The dialogue between academics, NGOs and activists aims to explore how academic work can be made fruitful for action for climate justice, while allowing the experience of practitioners to inform academic inquiry.
Programme
09:30 – 09:40 | Welcome |
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09:40 – 10:40 | Session 1: Human Rights and Climate Justice | Speaker: Constanze Binder (Erasmus University Rotterdam) |
10:40 – 10:50 | Break |
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10:50 – 11:50 | Session 2: Earth’s Legal Personality in International Environmental Law: The Relationship between Rights of Nature and Planetary Boundaries | Speaker: Alberto Quintavalla (Erasmus University Rotterdam) |
12:00 – 13:00 | Session 3: Climate Change and the Inefficacy Argument | Speaker: Benjamin Mullins (Erasmus University Rotterdam) |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
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14:00 – 15:00 | Session 4: Collective Climate Duties: The New Role of Climate Justice | Speaker: Angela Kallhoff (University of Vienna) |
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break |
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15:30 – 16:30 | Session 5: Litigating for the Climate: The Urgenda Case and Beyond | Speaker: Dennis van Berkel (Director Climate Litigation Network, Legal Counsel Urgenda Foundation) |
16:30 – 16:40 | Coffee Break |
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16:40 – 18:00 | Roundtable discussion on Climate Justice: Academics meet Activists | Speaker: All speakers, as well as invited activists |
- More information
Please be aware that we have changed the location. The workshop will take place in the Senaatszaal
The workshop is organized by the project “Inequality Against Freedom” (funded by NWO, PI Nicholas Vrousalis), and the project “How much is enough?” (funded by NWO, EUR and the Erasmus Initiative Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity, PI Constanze Binder).
