The Centre for Climate Justice Glasgow Caledonian University Climate Justice in the Arctic TN Professor Tahseen Jafry
• Climate justice: An approach focusing on the socio-economic and political impacts on and agency of Arctic communities in the context of climate change • Category: Culture & Social Sciences • Sub-themes: Focus o Just transitions o Climate security (migration, conflict, human trafficking) o Mental health impacts of climate change • Region: Inhabited Arctic (northern Scandinavia, Greenland, Canada’s North, Alaska, Russia’s Far North), with a focus on marginalised groups & indigenous peoples
Aims 1. Establish research partnerships and collaborations on TN sub-themes. 2. Produce and disseminate climate justice- informed research in the Arctic. 3. Promote educational exchanges on climate justice and climate change impacts in the Arctic. Aims Potential inter-TN collaborations: • Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility (ASRSR) • Geopolitics & Security • Health & Well-being in the Arctic • Local-Scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience (LSPCCR) • Northern Food Security • Renewable Energy • Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education (TESJDE)
• Host a series of seminars and lectures (including online ones) on climate justice and the TN sub-themes • Networking and consortium-building events for TN and non-TN institutions • Host a series of public engagement and Planned knowledge exchange events on climate activities justice issues in the Arctic • Produce an annual report highlighting key outputs and activities • Attendance at relevant conferences and forums , e.g. ICASS X, Arctic Science Summit Week, World Forum on Climate Justice, AAG, Arctic Circle Assembly, Arctic Frontiers 2020
Host organisation Prof. Tahseen Jafry Centre for Climate Justice Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow, Scotland Vice-leads: • Prof. Kristie L. Ebi Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) Partners University of Washington Seattle, WA, United States • Sari Horn Lahti University of Applied Sciences Lahti, Finland • Prof. Timo Koivurova Arctic Centre University of Lapland Rovaniemi, Finland
The Centre for Climate Justice Glasgow Caledonian University Thank you Tahseen Jafry t.jafry@gcu.ac.uk
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