Lecture
The Global Climate Justice Movement
Dr. John Foran situates climate justice within overlapping global crises, showing how wealthy nations disproportionately contribute to emissions while marginalized groups bear the brunt. He highlights the movement’s intersectional strategies, systemic alternatives, and the transformative change already underway.
Learning Objectives
The learning objectives for this lecture are to:
- To be able to situate the climate crisis in the context of a set of ongoing global crises
- To become familiar with the actors, visions, issues, and strategies of several key movement organizations and their constituencies
- To learn about some of the systemic alternatives to the climate crisis
Dr. John Foran is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at UC Santa Barbara, specializing in social movements, revolutions, and systemic alternatives beyond capitalism.
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