Reminder: Upcoming Deadline for Special Session: Climate Change and Human Rights: Local Challenges, Global Responsibilities, as part of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) Conference, May 30-June 2, 2012, Waterloo, Ontario.
Organizers: Ashlee Cunsolo Willox, PhD Candidate, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph; Ian Mauro, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Human Dimensions of Environmental Change, Geography and Environment, Mount Allison University
Session Abstract: As climate change unfolds globally, people and ecosystems are increasingly exposed to impacts and disturbances in weather, coastal erosion, wildlife and vegetation patterns, and water and food availability. These climate change effects are unevenly distributed, first and foremost affecting Indigenous peoples, those living in ecologically-sensitive regions, and those who rely closely on the natural environment for socio-cultural and sustenance practices. These unequal impacts from climate change effect social structures, economic resources, political relationships, cultural practices, and individual and collective health and well-being. Understanding this inequity in distribution and burden of effects, Indigenous peoples and scholars have been increasingly framing climate change as a human rights issue, arguing that failure to take global action on curtailing emissions is a violation of people’s environmental, food and personal security. Viewing climate change within a human rights framework is a call for local and global responsibility that encourages citizens to re-evaluate and find solutions to associated human and ecological injustices. See attached CFP for more details and information.
We invite submissions for this special panel session from Indigenous organizations, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers who focus on the human rights and responsibilities of global climate change. In particular, we hope to explore participatory research and community-based initiatives, which advance dialogue and actions recognizing climate change as both a human rights and a human responsibility issue.
Abstracts of 250 words should be submitted to Ashlee Cunsolo Willox (ashlee@uoguelph.ca) AND Ian Mauro (imauro@mta.ca) by February 20, 2012 by 11:59pm EST. Abstracts should include: Name and contact information of the author(s), including institutional affiliation and email address; A brief introduction and background to the topic of study; The theoretical framework or research questions, methodology or practice used; The main conclusions; and Implications of research, future directions, and/or recommendations for policy.
Download Climate Change and Rights CFP_Cunsolo Willox & Mauro FINAL.pdf
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