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Scholar Activism within ESG: Exchanging lessons from three initiatives
Time:
Thursday, 26/Oct/2023:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:GR -1.070
Session Conference Streams:
Inter- and Transdisciplinarity for Sustainability Transformations
Presentations
Scholar Activism within ESG: Exchanging lessons from three initiatives
Chair(s): Aarti Gupta (Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands, The), Kyla Tienhaara (Queens University)
Presenter(s): Harro van Asselt (University of Finland), Peter Newell (Sussex University), Frank Biermann (Utrecht University), Jennie Stephens (Northeastern University), Kyla Tienhaara (Queens University)
Innovative session convenors:
Aarti Gupta, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Kyla Tienhaara, Queens University, Canada
This innovative session will present and discuss three ‘scholar-activist’ initiatives that academics within the ESG community have been engaged with recently: the initiative against the Energy Charter; and the initiatives promoting a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty; and an International Non-Use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering.
Audience present will be invited to share additional experiences and instances of activism.
The aim is (a) to share experiences, lessons learned, challenges encountered and diverse ways through which to take a more activist stance in our areas of research; and (b) to have a broader discussion about the role of the scientist in ever intensifying planetary crises.
To achieve these aims, the session will be designed as follows:
(a) Introduction to the issue from ESG SSC perspective: Aarti Gupta (5 minutes)
(b) A round table discussion to exchange experiences on the three initiatives (50 minutes)
Moderator: Aarti Gupta
Speakers:
Opposing the Energy Charter: Kyla Tienhaara
Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty: Harro van Asselt or Peter Newell
International Non-Use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering: Frank Biermann
(c) Audience segment: Sharing of own experiences and areas of activism (30 minutes)
Moderator: Jennie C. Stephens
(d) Conclusions and ways forward and role that ESG can play: Kyla Tienhaara (5 minutes)
Note: All named panel participants are TBC. The program will be as described; but the named panel participants may change, depending upon who is present at Radboud.
