Registration
The symposium will take place on Friday, April 10, 2015, at the Rutgers College Avenue Student Center.
While registration is not required, for planning purposes, we kindly ask that you register your attendance here.
While registration is not required, for planning purposes, we kindly ask that you register your attendance here.
Program
8:30 Light breakfast reception
9:00 Welcome address
Steven R. Brechin (Rutgers Sociology, Rutgers Climate Change Institute)
9:15 Session I: Global and cross national perspectives: The big picture
Robin Leichenko (Rutgers Geography, Rutgers Climate Institute): Climate change and inequality: Exploring the linkages
Stephane Hallegatte (Senior Economist, Climate Change Group, World Bank): Climate change and poverty: A review of the evidence
10.30 Coffee break
10.45 Session I continued: Global and cross national perspectives: The big picture
Tom Rudel (Human Ecology/Sociology, Rutgers Climate Change Institute): Climate change funds go to the organized: A least likely case in
the Ecuadorian Amazon
Karen O’Brien (Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway): Transformations to sustainability: why equity matters
12:00 Lunch break
1:00 Session II: National experiences USA: The inequality of global climate change and related disasters
Roland Anglin (Director, Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University): Introduction to Session II
Lori Peek (Colorado State University Sociology, Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis): Children in a changing climate
Sabrina McCormick (George Washington University Sociology, filmmaker): The Challenge of Justice in Communicating Climate Change
3:00 Light refreshments break
3:15 Session III panel: Reflecting on hurricane Sandy: New and re-emerging inequalities in a changing climate
Karen O’Neill (Rutgers Human Ecology, Rutgers Climate Change Institute): Introduction to Session III
Ana Baptista (The New School for Social Research)
Mauro Baldanza (Former Chief, Long Branch Fire Department, NJ)
Damaris Reyes (Executive director, GOLES Inc.)
Adelle Thomas (College of the Bahamas)
4:30 Reception and informal discussions
5:30 End of symposium
9:00 Welcome address
Steven R. Brechin (Rutgers Sociology, Rutgers Climate Change Institute)
9:15 Session I: Global and cross national perspectives: The big picture
Robin Leichenko (Rutgers Geography, Rutgers Climate Institute): Climate change and inequality: Exploring the linkages
Stephane Hallegatte (Senior Economist, Climate Change Group, World Bank): Climate change and poverty: A review of the evidence
10.30 Coffee break
10.45 Session I continued: Global and cross national perspectives: The big picture
Tom Rudel (Human Ecology/Sociology, Rutgers Climate Change Institute): Climate change funds go to the organized: A least likely case in
the Ecuadorian Amazon
Karen O’Brien (Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway): Transformations to sustainability: why equity matters
12:00 Lunch break
1:00 Session II: National experiences USA: The inequality of global climate change and related disasters
Roland Anglin (Director, Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University): Introduction to Session II
Lori Peek (Colorado State University Sociology, Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis): Children in a changing climate
Sabrina McCormick (George Washington University Sociology, filmmaker): The Challenge of Justice in Communicating Climate Change
3:00 Light refreshments break
3:15 Session III panel: Reflecting on hurricane Sandy: New and re-emerging inequalities in a changing climate
Karen O’Neill (Rutgers Human Ecology, Rutgers Climate Change Institute): Introduction to Session III
Ana Baptista (The New School for Social Research)
Mauro Baldanza (Former Chief, Long Branch Fire Department, NJ)
Damaris Reyes (Executive director, GOLES Inc.)
Adelle Thomas (College of the Bahamas)
4:30 Reception and informal discussions
5:30 End of symposium