Environmental and Climate Justice Lecture featuring Dr. Robert Bullard

University of Houston

Special Lecture: “The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice”

University of Houston - Alumni Center

Robert D. Bullard is known as the father of environmental justice.In 2020, he was awarded the UN Champion of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award, the UN’s highest environmental honor. In 2008, Newsweek named Bullard one of 13 Environmental Leaders of the Century. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022.In this free lecture, Bullard will use examples from his research on Houston, the Gulf Coast, and beyond to show how race and class still map closely with pollution, unequal protection, and vulnerability. Reducing environmental, health, economic, and racial disparities is a major priority in the ongoing quest for environmental and climate justice.Program Sponsors<ul><li>UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics</li><li>UH Hobby School of Public Affairs</li><li>UH Law Center</li><li>UH Population Health</li><li>UH Office of the Provost</li></ul>For more information, contact Dr. Jonny Wu, UH Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, jwu40@central.uh.edu.

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