Teaching

This course surveys the conceptual and material history of environmental and climate change justice theories, frameworks, and movements. This course contextualizes the idea of climate justice in relation to foundational theories of environmental justice (EJ), drawing connections between the injustices articulated in EJ inquiry and their extensions/continuations in climate justice approaches. We also examine key questions surrounding climate (in)justice today, including through close analysis of the United Nations international climate negotiations, engagement with questions of equity between global north and south countries, considerations of climate finance for the most vulnerable nations, debates about temperature targets and the losses faced by island and coastal communities, and through discussions of key concepts such as intersectionality, migration, Indigenous rights, intergenerational and multispecies justice theories, and storytelling.