The Decarbonization, Climate Resilience and Climate Justice (DCRJ) Network invites submissions for its Columbia-internal conference to be held on Friday, March 31st, 2023 at Columbia University.
Climate change will dramatically exacerbate socio-economic inequalities both within and across countries, disproportionately impacting the marginalized. Therefore, urgent work is needed to clarify the channels via which societal actors—individuals, governments, NGOs, enterprises, and civil society groups—may resolve the equity dilemma in climate resilience efforts. In a parallel manner, justice remains front and center in our scholarly understanding of decarbonization efforts. Decarbonization depends on the generation of scientific knowledge about the processes that will reduce human emissions of greenhouse gasses and will require strategies for coordination across countries seeking to ratify effective emissions reductions agreements.
Investigating the relationship between climate justice, resilience, and decarbonization, this conference seeks to address pressing and often-times transdisciplinary questions by spotlighting the expertise of Columbia scholars working on these topics. We invite submissions from graduate students, post-docs, and faculty that work on related themes in the natural, and social sciences, and humanities.
To make a submission, please complete this form by February 3rd, 2023. Submissions should consist of a paper title and an abstract. Please also indicate if you would like to serve as a discussant. If accepted, full drafts of seminar-style conference papers must be submitted via dcrjnetwork@gmail.com by March 10th, 2023.
Please email Rebecca Marwege (rsm2194@columbia.edu) with any questions.
