Webinar: The Climate Justice Charter Response to the Worsening Climate Crisis and South Africa’s Carbon Democracy
March – April 2021
Centre for Civil Society - Special Webinar Series
Climate Justice
Our Seminar Series continues online for 2021 - please
join us for webinar discussions on the theme of Climate Justice.
Understanding climate change in terms of environmental
and social justice, where marginalised communities, women and communities of
colour are the most affected, this Series focuses on pressing environmental
issues and engages with activists and scholars on the forefront of climate
justice.
Facilitators: Andries Motau & Danford Chibvongodze
The UKZN Centre
for Civil Society is inviting you to a Zoom Session of the CCS Webinar Series
Please note
changing times to accommodate speakers from international time zones
Webinar:
The Climate Justice Charter Response
to the Worsening Climate Crisis and South Africa’s Carbon Democracy
Speaker:
Vishwas Satgar
Date
& Time: Wednesday 3 March 2021, 16:00-17:00 SA Time
Topic
This webinar will
provide a background to the Climate Justice charter process and its approach to
climate justice. It will unpack the conception of deep just transition,
systemic alternatives, a people driven Climate Justice State and a Climate
Justice Deal for South Africa. Moreover, the importance of building a powerful
people led Climate Justice Movement will be discussed, not as a lobby group or
force for symbolic disruption, but rather as a movement constituting new forms
of power for transformative change from below. This will be anchored in an
overview of the current climate science which suggests Southern Africa is
heating at twice the global average. The implications this has for South
Africa’s climate future will be examined.
Speaker Bio
Dr. Vishwas Satgar
is Associate Professor of International Relations and principal investigator
for Emancipatory Futures Studies at WITS. He edits the Democratic Marxism
series and has been an activist for four decades. In recent years he co-founded
the South African Food Sovereignty Campaign and the Climate Justice Charter
process. He has edited the Climate Crisis – South African and Global Democratic
Eco-socialists Alternatives which is freely available: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29462
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ukzn.zoom.us/j/93499979391?pwd=STFCV2ZlZXNIUkhFd3cvWEtFRXV1Zz09
Meeting ID: 934 9997 9391
Passcode: 341847
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Howard College Staff
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Howard College Students
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Edgewood Staff
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EdgWood Students
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Medical School Staff
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Medical School Students
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PMB Staff
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Westville Staff
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