Deep Climate Conversations, organized and moderated by Jennifer Hadden and Aseem Prakash, are online structured roundtables (i.e., questions circulated in advance to speakers). The objective is to explore climate issues at a deeper, theoretical level. These are 75-minute events: 60 minutes for discussion of planned questions, leaving about 15 minutes for comments from the audience.
Please register in advance here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Implementing Just Transition: Who Pays What to Whom and How
Thursday, November 16, 2023, 12:00-1:15 EST (9:00-10:15 am PST)
The roundtable will focus on the following questions:
From your perspective, what are the key debates in the area of climate migration? Is the climate migration issue suffering from over-attribution given that wars, conflicts, and economic factors have historically been big drivers of cross-national migration? How do scholars isolate the effect of climate change on migration outcomes?
How central is the migration issue to the politics of climate change? Are COPs neglecting this subject? Should climate migration be subsumed under adaptation, or do we need a new conceptual category to understand it and address it?
In what ways could climate migration reshape international relations and domestic politics? From a cross-national perspective, are there differences in how both home and host countries are addressing the issue of climate migration?
Panelists:
Roman Hoffmann, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Vally Koubi, ETH Zurich
Valerie Mueller, Arizona State University
Alex de Sherbinin, Columbia University
Recording:
On Google Drive, please link here.
Implementing Just Transition: Who Pays What to Whom and How
Thursday, October 19, 2023, 11:30-12:45 EST (8:30-9:45 am PST)
The roundtable will focus on the following questions:
From your perspective, what are the key debates on implementing just transition? Who takes what position in these debates, and what are the main areas of disagreement? How central are these debates to the politics of climate change?
What do research and historical experience teach us about how the just transition should be structured? What sectors should it cover? Who should decide what resources are committed, when and how?
From a cross-national perspective, are there differences in how just transition plays out in different contexts? For example, what role might foreign aid or international NGOs or other international mechanisms play in supporting this work in developing country contexts?
Panelists:
Mijin Cha, University of California, Santa Cruz
Kathryn Harrison, University of British Columbia
Peter Newell, University of Sussex
Dimitris Stevis, Colorado State University
Dustin Tingley, Harvard University
Recording:
On Google Drive, please link here.
Business Responses to Climate Change
Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 11:00-12:15 EST
Panelists:
Michael Barnett, Rutgers University
Magali (Maggie) Delmas, UCLA
Jennifer Griffin, Loyola University Chicago
Llewelyn Hughes, Australian National University
Jonas Meckling, UC Berkeley
Recording:
On Google Drive, please link here.
Climate Advocacy: What Works, and Why?
Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 11:00-12:15 EST
Panelists:
Patricia Bromley, Stanford University
Mette Eilstrup-Sanviovanni, University of Cambridge
Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University
Fernando Tormos-Aponte, University of Pittsburgh
Recording:
On Google Drive, please link here.
Multi-disciplinarity in Climate Social and Behavioral Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 11:00-12:15 EST
Panelists:
Teenie Matlock, UC Merced
Ron Mitchell, University of Oregon
Timmons Roberts, Brown University
Benjamin Sovacool, Boston University
Recording:
On Google Drive, please link here.
Assessing COP 27
Thursday, December 8, 2023, 11:00-12:15 EST
Panelists:
Jennifer Allan, Cardiff University
Patrick Bayer, University of Strathclyde
Navroz Dubash, Centre for Policy Research
David Victor, UC San Diego
Recording:
On Google Drive, please link here.