1:00 - 2:30 PM EST

Online (Zoom)

What does it mean to build ethical alignment in the knowledge economy? How do university practitioners best uplift local knowledge without extraction? How can we train students and change-makers to be leaders and champions for justice through 2060 and beyond?

The Building Climate Justice Leadership panel discussion will address these critical questions, aiming to advance thinking and action related to the growing and supporting the future of climate justice leadership. The event will have a panel discussion and then open for Q&A with webinar participants. We hope you will join us.

NEW TIME AND LOCATION

7:00-8:45 PM EST

Kellen Auditorium, 

66 5th Ave, NY, NY 10011

Bhopal is the Hiroshima of the petrochemical industry.

This December 3rd, 2024, marks the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Bhopal disaster when a poorly maintained pesticide factory leaked a massive cloud of chemical gas into Bhopal, a densely populated Indian city. The negligence of Union Carbide along with the governments of the United States of America and India directly contributed to this ongoing crisis.

Frontline environmental justice communities in the U.S. share a joint fight and understanding with those in Bhopal, India. The Bhopal struggle for corporate accountability mirrors struggles in Louisiana and West Virginia against Dow Chemical and other multinational corporations for decades of environmental injustices from petrochemical production. It has been close to 40 years since the disaster and those who struggle in Bhopal stand alongside survivors of numerous other chemical disasters that are still fighting to protect their community, like those impacted by the Trinity atom bomb tests in New Mexico to East Palestine, Ohio. The environmental justice movement is global. 

We are in a climate emergency, and now more than ever we need to end the era of fossil fuels and advance solutions to ensure a healthy and just planet for current and future generations! 

As global leaders gather in New York for the UN Climate Ambition Summit and General Assembly, we are calling on governments to reckon with their role in fueling climate chaos, and harm against communities and the planet by continuing the extraction of fossil fuels. We only have a limited amount of years left to address and mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

Climate mitigation policies are among the most urgent and politically viable pathways to realize EJ gains in the form of co-pollutant mitigation. There are a variety of climate mitigation policies in place across the country and while these climate policies seek to reduce GHG emissions, they rarely, if ever, target or track the location-specific reduction of GHG emissions, and they neglect co-pollutants or simply assume that a concomitant reduction in co-pollutants will occur.

We all want fresh air to breathe.  Good jobs for our families. A planet where our lands and oceans thrive.

​But the more oil, gas, and coal we burn, the more toxic air we breathe; the more heatwaves, fires, and floods we face. All while wealthy fossil fuel CEOs rake in record profits from dirty practices that pollute our communities. 

​President Biden has the power to stop them by putting an end to the expansion of fossil fuels -- ensuring that we all have clean air and water, and better health and safety for our communities. 

We deserve a world free from fossil fuels. This is our chance, and Biden's opportunity, to break free from fossil fuels and build a just and safe future.

Bridging commitment to action. The Justice40 Initiative and the Inflation Reduction Act embody the current national commitment to environmental justice aiming to tackle a legacy of disinvestment and pollution in overburdened, underserved, and disadvantaged communities. More than one year into their signature into law can provide great insights into lessons learned, gaps, and opportunities to accomplish their goals.

Discussions will feature Administration and federal agency representatives and BIPOC climate justice leaders. Topics feature will include national climate justice implementation strategies and the roles of people, policy, pedagogy, and philanthropies in delivering them.

EJ Tours are an important way we can gain a greater understanding of environmental justice issues in practice. By visiting with grassroots community based organizations in these two EJ communities we have a unique opportunity to get a deeper sense of EJ work in practice. The tours are a chance to physically experience and be immersed in the spaces that EJ communities call home and to enrich your appreciation for the many dimensions of what makes each community special. These tours are not meant to be voyeuristic - they are invitations to practice building community with EJ groups we will be committed to working with over the course of the semester and I will be committed to beyond this semester. This initial touch point gives you a chance to learn about EJ in an experiential way but to also reflect on your own commitments and connectedness to these places.

For American architect and filmmaker Eric Franklin Romeo, better understanding the nuances of the environments that surround us has always served as a primer to designing within it. Over the last five years he has been observing the forgotten and underestimated areas of New York City through the moving lens of film.

It is evident in these times that climate change is a serious crisis, with serious consequences. The potential mental health impacts are being seen in people of all ages, all around the world. It can be difficult to navigate these feelings and find spaces to process them. In this workshop, Marisa will identity some of the ways that bearing witness to environmental destruction may effect one’s mental health and will help attendees to feel less alone in this experience. She will also provide guidance and suggestions for managing these, at times overwhelming, emotions.

Are you curious about what we do at the Tishman Center or how you can get involved in the work we do? Are you curious about how the university itself handles things like waste, energy and water usage? Do you have questions about Environmental or Climate Justice or want to know about our student and faculty grant programs? Have questions about the Environmental Justice Movement Fellowship? Do you have suggestions for improving sustainability at the university?

Are you curious about what we do at the Tishman Center or how you can get involved in the work we do? Do you have questions about Environmental or Climate Justice or want to know about our student and faculty grant programs? Have questions about the Environmental Justice Movement Fellowship?

Join this informal online info session to learn about our Center and how you can get involved as a student, staff or faculty member. We welcome all of your questions!

Join us for a roundtable discussion and launch of Resilient Urban Futures, a new book exploring the ways in which cities are profoundly impacted by climate change, and strategies for cultivating more resilient futures. Based on practical experience in participatory visioning in nine Latin American and U.S. cities, the volume provides tools for engaging urban communities in resilience strategies. Authors of this open access volume will discuss urban climate inequity, modeling and communicating the impact of extreme climate and weather, as well as visioning equitable, positive, and resilient futures.

From Net Zero Emissions and Carbon Capture to Nature-based Solutions, a number of neoliberal policy agendas and unproven, corporate techno-fixes continue to subsidize the expansion of fossil fuel industries, while further impacting communities on the frontlines of climate chaos.

Join us for the upcoming NYC climate week event as part of our Communities Beyond Crisis series that will focus on how communities across the African Diaspora are creating resiliency and community in the face of the climate crisis; more information will be forthcoming about speakers.

We are pleased to invite you to join us for presentations on “The Green Amendment” and environmental justice in New York State. With our partners, we have moved legislation forward that would make clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment a constitutional right in New York State. These presentations will speak to the transformational difference environmental constitutionalism can make for environmental justice communities.

What role can mapping play, especially in times of crisis? Who does it serve, and how can researchers, organizers and designers leverage mapping to advocate for equity and justice? As policy makers, planners, and advocates increasingly rely on spatial data and geospatial techniques to advance decision making, key questions surrounding equitable representation, ethical use, and access to needed resources remain a crucial challenge.

When we look into the future, we see a time past the challenges of the Climate Crisis, a time in which circular economies, renewable energy, and sustainable systems are the norm. It is in this spirit that we bring you the Marketplace of the Future, an experiential immersion into what life will be like when all organizations are working for the betterment of people and planet.

The Marketplace of the Future is a cross between a celebration and market showcasing 40+ start-ups that operate with sustainable supply chains, give-back models, and social benefit at their core. There will be live jazz, zero-waste food and drinks, and of course, climate change camaraderie.

Join the Green Roof Researchers Alliance in a day of discussions, workshops, and green roof visits! Learn about green roof biodiversity, environmental benefits, and NYC policy. Meet leading green roof scientists and educators and learn about new scientific discoveries, curriculum, and tax incentives.

Highlights of the conference include panel discussions at the end of each session, workshops on the Javits green roof, and a panel featuring the Office of the NYC Comptroller, the Mayors Office of Sustainability, and NY Assemblywoman Nily Rozic!

This conference is designed to engage everyone, from the general public to industry specialists, architects, and scientists. Breakfast, lunch, networking reception, and workshops are included in the price of admission. Space is limited for “On the Roof” workshops - pre-registration is required by September 20th (see below to register for workshops).

To be held September 27, 2019 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

General Admission: $30

Student Admission: $15

Please contact Dustin R. Partridge with questions (DPartridge@nycaudubon.org)

Access Cities is a Global Alliance for Sustainable Urban Development. Currently running in New York City, Munich, Singapore, and the two Danish cities of Copenhagen and Aarhus, the program aims to solve city problems through multi-stakeholder challenges and open innovation, as a way of accelerating technology and solution knowledge sharing between cities, and to offer better testing opportunities for vendors.

During the summer of 2019 Access Cities partnered with the City of New York for the Open Innovation Call on Air Quality and Urban Heat Island Effect – two of the most pressing challenges the City is currently facing.

We invite you to join us for the Pitch Finale and Award Show for the Call during Climate Week NYC, where up to 10 finalists will be invited to deliver their finale pitch to the judging panel consisting of 7 NYC Agencies.

Apart from pitches from the finalists, look forward to mayoral representatives from New York and Copenhagen discuss the value of city-to-city collaboration in the face of climate change, as well a comedy show about climate action.

Read about the 8 finalists’ solutions here

The purpose of the Day is to reinforce the focus on resilience and the commitments expected to be made at the Climate Action Summit. It will feature innovative, interactive and participatory sessions for participants to share the actions and commitments they are making to achieve a transformative and resilient future. This will enable participants to learn from each other on what they are doing and how to embed resilience into actions to address climate change and achieve the SDGs. The Day has four objectives:

1. To provide the opportunity for all stakeholders to commit to actions and initiatives to build a resilient future, and to explore how by breaking out of institutional and sector silos these can be greater than the sum of their parts.

2. To highlight actions that grassroots organisations are taking, and how these organisations, and in particular women, can be part of decision making to take these actions to scale especially in the Least Developed Countries.

3. To set out how the latest knowledge and understanding on resilience can be used to build and invest in adaptive, resilient and transformative communities and economies.

4. To provide a highly interactive space to explore and identify new strategies, collaborations, and partnerships to advance and track the implementation of the actions and initiatives announced on the day.