Book Symposium on Climate Justice

Symposium

June 7-8 2022

It is a truism that climate change is among the most difficult and urgent tasks that humanity faces today. Over the last decades, there has been a vivid academic debate in political philosophy and political theory about the ethical dimension of a changing climate. This year marks not only the publication of the newest IPCC report, but also of four new books by internationally recognized academics in the field of climate justice. Additionally, what these books also have in common is that they aim to address a wider audience and put forward the case for why we should act now and what climate justice means in a fundamentally unjust world.

This hybrid event will feature the discussion of the new publications on climate justice, which include Elizabeth Cripps’ “What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care”; Catriona McKinnon’s “Climate Justice and Political Theory”; Darrel Moellendorf’s “Mobilizing Hope: Climate Change and Global Poverty” as well as Henry Shue’s “The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have A Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now”.

Registration is required both for hybrid and in-person attendance. Please note that seating is very limited. Please register with Ellen Nieß: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Program

Tuesday June 7th 2022
Venue: Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften Bad Homburg, Großer Salon (Villa Reimers) 

11.15
Welcome
Darrel Moellendorf & Lukas Sparenborg (Frankfurt)

11.30
Elizabeth Cripps (Edinburgh) “What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care”
Commentators: Hanna Schübel (Fribourg) / Jamie Draper (Oxford)

13.00
Lunchbreak

14.00
Henry Shue (Oxford): “The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have A Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now”
Commentators: Säde Hormio (Helsinki) / Lukas Sparenborg (Frankfurt)

Wednesday, June 8th 2022
Venue: Forschungsverbund „Normative Ordnungen“, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Room EG.01 

10.00
Catriona McKinnon (Exeter): “Climate Justice and Political Theory”  
Commentators: Laura García-Portela (Fribourg) / Joshua Wells (Dods Political Consultant)

11.45
Darrel Moellendorf (Frankfurt): “Mobilizing Hope: Climate Change and Global Poverty” 
Commentators: Eva Weiler (Duisburg-Essen) / Alex McLaughlin (Cambridge) 

14.30
Public Event: Book Launch and Discussion
Venue: Forschungsverbund “Normative Ordnungen”, Room: EG.01 
During this public event, the four authors will come together, present their books, and discuss urgent and just responses to climate change.
Moderator: Rebecca C. Schmidt (Managing Director, Normative Orders).

Presented by:
Research Centre “Normative Orders” of Goethe University, Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften (Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities) and "ConTrust. Trust in Conflict. Political Life under Conditions of Uncertainty" - a cluster project of the State of Hesse