LECTURE


Climate Justice and Sharing our World

 

MON 14 APRIL, 20:00

Auditorium, Minderbroedersberg 4-6

 

Prof. Joyeeta Gupta

Professor of Environment and Development in the Global South, University of Amsterdam

 

Climate negotiations have been ongoing for 35 years. Yet global temperatures have exceeded 1 above pre-industrial levels and are projected to exceed 1.5, possibly reaching 3, despite decades of scientific warnings. Six justice challenges dominate the climate negotiations: setting targets, sharing the carbon budget, managing stranded assets, adapting to climate impacts, and addressing market mechanisms and climate drivers. Beyond climate, humanity faces other crises, including biodiversity loss, water scarcity and pollution.

 

Balancing environmental sustainability with basic human needs remains a critical challenge; meeting the minimum needs of the poorest adds pressures comparable to the consumption of the top 4%. In this lecture, Gupta will make clear that achieving sustainability and justice requires systemic transformation. One proposed long-term solution is a Global Constitution, drafted through public contributions and research, to address these intertwined crises by applying principles of Earth System Justice.

 

Joyeeta Gupta is the winner of the Spinoza Award 2023.

 

14 April 2025

20:00 - 21:30