Learning Resources

Global Environmental Justice ConferenceSCOTUS Roundtable with Gerald Torres, Sheila Foster & Breya Johnson

YCEJ faculty director, Gerald Torres, was featured on The Coolest Show for a roundtable on the current decisions made by SCOTUS. Listen to the episode here! Hosted by Rev. Yearwood, The Coolest Show podcast reimagines how Black, Indigenous, and Brown people thrive in our environment.

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Videos

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2022

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2022

How Equitable Transportation Access Drives Distributive Justice and Development

December 15, 2022

This session will explore why equitable access to transportation is needed to achieve development goals while also playing a critical role in combating the unfolding crisis of climate change. Solutions must consider how people really travel, and how goods are delivered.

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2022

Exposures: Extraction, Environmental Racism and Relationships to Contaminated Land on the Navajo Nation

December 15, 2022

This session focuses on hydrologist Dr. Tommy Rock’s (Diné) research and work with artist Fazal Sheikh (born 1965). Dr. Rock is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Geosciences at Princeton University.

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2022

Gene editing in the livestock industry: justice implications for farming systems and non-human animals

December 15, 2022

The world population is increasing, possibly reaching 9.7 billion people by 2050. Most of the population growth is estimated to happen in tropical or subtropical regions, like Africa and Asia.

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2022

2022 Global EJ Conference: Legal dimensions of climate migration: Equity, justice, vulnerability

December 15, 2022

Moderated by Maya Prabhu Associate Professor of Psychiatry Associate Professor Adjunct of Law; Yale School of Medicine, Yale Law School

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2022

2022 Global EJ Conference: Heritage for All: Building resilience in preserving culture

December 15, 2022

The Caribbean’s heritage spans approximately 5000 years and represents one of humanities’ greatest context for human-environment relationship highlighted through forced encounter and migration.

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2022

2022 Global EJ Conference: Responding to Climate Change with Equitable Humanitarian Assistance

December 7, 2022

Panelists:

Adessou Kossivi, Regional Lead of Africa, Global Network of Civil Society Organization for Disaster Reduction

Marcie Roth, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, World Institute on Disability

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2022

Security and Sovereignty in the Global Food System

October 28, 2022

Given the challenges that have deeply impacted the food system over the past year including climate change, conflict (such as that in Ukraine) and the ongoing Covid pandemic, what is our best way forward? How can food systems around the world best address these ongoing challenges?

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2022

Field Perspectives on Energy Transitions in the Global South

October 28, 2022

The transition to clean energy in the Global South will require a range of instruments that support flexible and rapid implementation to meet ambitious climate targets.

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2022

Opening Session; Finance for Climate Justice with a Caribbean Spotlight

October 28, 2022

The USAID Eastern and Southern Caribbean Mission presents Finance for Climate Justice: Caribbean Spotlight.

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2022

2022 Global EJ Conference: Keynote and “Fireside Chat” with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

October 28, 2022

Moderated by Gerald Torres, Professor of Environmental Justice, Professor of Law; Yale School of the Environment, Yale Law School

Yale Energy Justice Speaker Series: Spring 2022

Yale Energy Justice Speaker Series: Spring 2022

Indigenous Land Dispossession

February 7, 2022

Justin Farrell, Yale School of the Environment

Yale Energy Justice Speaker Series: Spring 2022

Community Advocacy and Organizing

February 21, 2022

Denise Abdul-Rahman; NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Team

Yale Energy Justice Speaker Series: Spring 2022

Energy Justice and Health Outcomes

February 28, 2022

Kenneth Gillingham; Yale University

Yale Energy Justice Speaker Series: Spring 2022

Energy Justice and Renewable Energy Development

February 14, 2022

Zaid Ashai; CEO, Nexamp

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2021

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2021

2021 Conference Welcome and Opening Session

October 29, 2021

Speakers: Indy Burke, Graciela Chichilnisky, Gerald Torres

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2021

2021 Conference Panel 1

October 29, 2021

Moderated by Laura Bozzi

Panelists: Chéri Smith, Diana Hernandez, Daniel Aldana Cohen, Shannon Baker-Branstetter

Discussants: Rory Stewart, Narasimha Rao

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2021

2021 Conference Panel 2

October 29, 2021

Moderated by Gerald Torres

Panelists, (Dorceta Taylor), Sonia Park, Keller Easterling

Details: ycej.yale.edu/en/conference-2021/schedule

Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference 2021

2021 Conference Panel 3

October 29, 2021

Moderated by Mark Bomford

Panelists: Ricardo Salvador, Naya Jones, Debbie Humphries, Elizabeth Hoover

Discussants: Kristin Reynolds, Samara Brock
 

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