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Climate Equality: A planet for the 99%

Hosted by the International Inequalities Institute, Oxfam, Stockholm Environment Institute and Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity

Online public event

Speakers

Dr Fadhel Kaboub

Dr Fadhel Kaboub

Dr Sivan Kartha

Dr Sivan Kartha

Madhumitha Ardhanari

Madhumitha Ardhanari

Moderator

Nafkote Dabi

The super-rich are burning our world. The world confronts twin crises; climate breakdown and runaway inequality. The richest people, corporations and countries are destroying the world with their huge carbon emissions.

Meanwhile, people living in poverty, those experiencing marginalization, and countries in the Global South are those impacted the hardest. If no action is taken, the richest will continue to burn through the carbon we have left to use while keeping the global temperature below the safe limit of 1.5°C. This threatens any chance of ending poverty and achieving equality.

The world needs an equal transformation. Only a radical reduction in inequality, transformative climate action and fundamentally shifting our economic goals as a society can deliver wellbeing for all within a livable planet.

Is equal transformation possible? What does it entail and why is it fundamental to addressing the climate and inequality crisis? And what are the consequences when such transformation is not pursued? We’ll explore these questions, including the potential public backlash against environmental policies that lack a foundation in addressing inequality. Join us for an open and solution-oriented dialogue featuring some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers.

 

The webinar is held in English, with live translation available in French and Spanish

(French and Spanish below)

 

Meet our speakers and chair 

Nafkote Dabi is the Climate Change Policy Lead at Oxfam International, where she works on the intersection of climate and inequality. She has coauthored influential reports, including "Climate Equality: A Planet for the 99%” and “Tightening the Net. Net zero climate targets – implications for land and food equity”.

Sivan Kartha is the Equitable Transitions Program Director at SEI US. He is on the Steering Group for SEI’s Gender Equality and Social Equity Programme. His research and publications for the past 25 years have dealt with policy strategies for addressing climate change, focusing on equity and effectiveness in the design of an international climate regime.

Madhumitha Ardhanari is an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and a climate and land justice advocate with nine years of experience coaching businesses and organisations to awaken agency and systemic leadership in the face of climate breakdown. She is also a doctoral candidate for a joint PhD programme inquiring into circularity in critical minerals and sediment extraction with the Universities of Exeter and Queensland.  

Fadhel Kaboub is an associate professor of economics at Denison University (on leave), and the president of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. He is also a member of the Independent Expert Group on Just Transition and Development, an expert group member with the International Tax Task Force, and serves as senior advisor with Power Shift Africa.

 

Français

Le monde a besoin d'une transformation équitable. Seules une réduction radicale des inégalités, une action climatique transformatrice et une réorientation fondamentale de nos objectifs économiques en tant que société peuvent assurer le bien-être de tous sur une planète vivable.

Une transformation équitable est-elle possible ? Qu'est-ce que cela implique, et pourquoi est-ce fondamental pour faire face à la crise du climat et des inégalités ? Et quelles sont les conséquences de l'absence d'une telle transformation ? Nous explorerons ces questions, y compris les réactions négatives potentielles du public à l'égard des politiques environnementales qui ne reposent pas sur la lutte contre les inégalités.

Venez ecouter un dialogue ouvert et orienté vers la recherche de solutions, avec la participation de certains des plus grands penseurs et acteurs du monde.

 

Le webinaire se déroule en anglais, avec une traduction en direct disponible en français et en espagnol.

 

Español

El mundo necesita una transformación igualitaria. Sólo la reducción radical de las desigualdades, la acción climática transformadora y el cambio de nuestros objetivos económicos como sociedad pueden proporcionar bienestar para todos en un planeta habitable.

¿Es posible una transformación igualitaria? ¿Qué implica esta transformación y por qué es fundamental para abordar las crisis climática y de desigualdad? ¿Y cuáles son las consecuencias cuando no se persigue dicha transformación? Exploraremos estos interrogantes, incluyendo la posible reacción pública en contra de las políticas medioambientales que carecen de una base para abordar la desigualdad. Únase a nosotros en un diálogo abierto, orientado a la búsqueda de soluciones, en el que participarán algunos de los pensadores y emprendedores más destacados del mundo.

 

El seminario web se celebra en inglés, con traducción en directo al francés y al español.