Lunchtime Talk: Contextualising The Global

Contextualising the Global – How Climate Justice Issues Play Out on the Ground

Focusing on key themes of global climate justice including power dynamics, decision making, loss and damage, and gender inequality, Alix and Mrittika will explore core points of contention surrounding global climate change governance.

To bring these issues into focus and contextualize them, this talk will focus on two case studies that shine a light on lived experiences of local people. One case study is in rural India and Bangladesh where Mrittika has undertaken fieldwork with women who are on the front lines of climate impact. The second is Bristol, where Alix has been working with environmental policy makers in the city on diversity and inclusion issues.

We will wrap up with some reasons to be hopeful!

About the speakers:

Alix Dietzel works as a Senior Lecturer in Climate Justice at the University of Bristol. She is a climate justice and climate policy expert. Her research focuses on climate justice and climate policy. She has written about the global scale, comparing the UNFCCC to non-state actors such as C40 cities. She is currently working on understanding just transition at the city scale. Alix also uses her knowledge and experience to make an impact on society. She sits on the Bristol Advisory Committee on Climate Change and is the Associate Director for Impact and Innovation at the Cabot Institute for the Environment.

Mrittika Bhattacharya is a doctoral researcher in Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK researching the intersections of environmental injustice, gender discrimination and human mobilities from Bangladesh to India.

Tickets There’s no charge for entry and tickets aren’t essential but they do guarantee you a seat.

What’s Included? – Discussion on global climate justice issues – Exploration of power dynamics, decision making, loss and damage, and gender inequality – Case study from rural India and Bangladesh focusing on women’s experiences with climate impact – Case study from Bristol on diversity and inclusion in environmental policy – Insightful commentary by experts Alix Dietzel and Mrittika Bhattacharya.

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The Cabot Institute for the Environment strive for their research to be interdisciplinary, global and equitable. At the heart of their work is the core belief that understanding and finding solutions to environmental challenges requires different perspectives, expertise, and action. They deliver the evidence base and solutions to tackle the challenges of food security, water, low carbon energy, city futures, environmental change, and natural hazards and disaster risk.