Climate Justice and Ethics

First round of Climate Change Centre Austria climate justice meetings taking place online every second Monday

Invitation: Climate Justice and Ethics

Dear climate ethics and policy colleagues,

We are very excited to hold the first round of Climate Change Centre Austria climate justice meetings and we hope you can join us and/or spread the word to those who might be interested.

These will take place online every second Monday in the early evening Austrian time 18.15 European Time/17.15 United Kingdom Time/12.15 New York Time. Some sessions will have readings precirculated but feel free to join regardless of whether you have preread.

Please sign up below; this is the way to both join and to get the precirculated readings.

Our schedule is as follows:

February 15: Stephen Gardiner
March 8: Dominic Roser
March 22: Laura García-Portela
May 10: Alix Dietzel
May 31: Adriana Placani

To register, please fill out the form here!

Best wishes,
Kian Mintz-Woo, Lukas Meyer and Thomas Pölzler

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