Lecture
Community Resilience & Adaptation: Advancing Climate Justice
Dr. Clare Cannon explores community resilience as a tool for climate adaptation and justice, discussing definitions, controversies, and practical applications. Using tools like the Social Vulnerability Index, she urges critical evaluation of adaptation policies through equity and justice frameworks.
Learning Objectives
The learning objectives for this lecture are to:
- Define community resilience and climate adaptation.
- Identify real-world examples and applications of community resilience.
- Analyze practices, processes, and policies related to community resilience and climate adaptation.
- Evaluate these topics in light of climate justice and equity frameworks.
Dr. Clare Cannon is Assistant Professor at UC Davis in Human Ecology and a Research Fellow in South Africa. She studies the intersections of inequality, health disparities, and climate risk in urban, rural, and disaster contexts.
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