Conference Justice and Values in the Climate Transition

Date: July 5th 2022

Organizer: Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)

Location: Technology, Policy and Management campus, TU Delft, Jaffalaan 5, Delft | Hall D

Online link: https://tudelft.zoom.us/j/91761898104

Confirmed keynote: Prof. Henrik Thorén (Lund University)

Outline:

Increasingly, communities, cities and economies face the need to not only mitigate, but also adapt to climate change. Mitigation and adaptation to climate change are complex and multifarious efforts, involving profound transformations in critical infrastructure systems, social behaviors and values and governance systems, as currently captured with umbrella terms such as, respectively, the “energy transition” and “resilience building”. At present, there is abundant research on the economic and technical aspects of these endeavors. However, despite an increasing interest in the public acceptability and justice of the measures and policies involved in these contexts, how to understand and include social values and justice in these transformative programs is a topic that is only starting to be analyzed in depth.

This one-day workshop is an invitation to contribute to the exciting challenge of imagining how our climate transitions can be just –and what challenges they face in this regard. It features six conference talks that offer philosophical insights about specific challenges for justice and morality in the climate transition, followed by an open discussion on the topics reviewed during the talks. Some of these topics will be: the value choices involved in the modelling of climate impacts; justice and injustice in climate adaptation; or how climate change and the energy transition challenge our values and political perspectives.

This conference is hybrid, we welcome you to join us at the TU Delft but it is possible to join us online: https://tudelft.zoom.us/j/91761898104

For our catering purposes: Would you please be so kind to let us know when you will join us in person? You can send an email to: M.Q.Gaanderse-1@tudelft.nl