Seminar No.5 | Communities and the Climate-Energy Nexus: A Justice Perspective
- Asian Energy Studies Centre
- Apr 8, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 16, 2022
Date and Time:
8 Apr 2016 (Friday), 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Venue:
Room 1312, Faculty of Social Sciences, 13/F, Academic and Administration Building, Hong Kong Baptist University (Click here for directions)
Communities and the Climate-Energy Nexus: A Justice Perspective
Sara Fuller
Lecturer, Department of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University
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Profile
Dr. Fuller’s research explores concepts and practices of justice and democracy in the field of the environment, with an empirical focus on the role of NGOs and communities in enacting a low carbon transition. Recent research has included projects on NGO discourses of energy justice, low carbon communities and social justice, and energy vulnerability in communities. She has a strong commitment to research that is both policy oriented and academically relevant, and to the use of participatory techniques and methodologies. Prior to joining Macquarie University, she held positions as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong and as a Research Associate in the Department of Geography, Durham University, UK.
Abstract
Concepts of justice are now routinely mobilised in environmental and climate change debates. Within the climate change
arena, issues of justice have come to the forefront through international negotiations and concerns around rights and responsibilities. More recently, the concept of energy justice has gained prominence, most frequently framed in terms of access to affordable energy and fuel poverty but also related to the politics of energy infrastructures. To date however, there is limited understanding about how the discourses and practices of justice associated with climate change and energy might be enacted across multiple sites and scales.
This seminar will analyse key conceptualisations of justice in the context of the energy-climate nexus. Drawing from empirical work in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia, it considers the multiple connections between climate and energy justice and explores these ideas in practice through a case
study of low carbon communities. In so doing, this seminar argues that future research should engage with these interconnections in order to progress a more nuanced understanding of justice in the context of a low carbon transition.
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Please note that seats are limited and registration will be first-come, first-served.
Direction
MTR
Kowloon Tong station (Exit A2). Walk towards Waterloo Road and turn left. Walk towards Junction Road (big intersection with crosswalk) and turn right. Walk up Junction Road until you see the HKBU entrance at the intersection of Renfrew Road. Cross the road towards Renfrew Road (alongside the HKBU building) and keep to the left side of the road. Keep walking until you see Lam Woo International Conference Centre on your left.
Taxi
Kowloon Tong MTR Station (Exit F). Hail a taxi at the taxi stand, and tell the driver to go to Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University.
Minibus
To Shaw Campus and Baptist University Road Campus: 25M/25MS (Exit D of Kowloon Tong MTR Station) – Tell the driver that you want to get off at Academic and Administration Building, HKBU. Once you get off, walk forward towards Renfrew Road. Turn right and keep on the right side of the road. Walk up until you see Lam Woo International Conference Centre on your right.
Car
Should you wish to drive to Lam Woo International Conference Centre, please contact Miss Man Yi Ma at mamanyi@hkbu.edu.hk to reserve a parking space.
Contact/Enquiries
E: victorlam@hkbu.edu.hk T: 3411 7187.
Organiser
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