The COP26 summit was meant to bring many different parties together to tackle climate change. But what did it actually deliver? And where do we go now?
Join us in The Hague at the peace&justice café on November 30 to hear whether Glasgow has helped to protect lives of the millions who are already suffering from the climate emergency. Are the promises that governments made on producing less carbon going to reverse the trends? Is there now enough money on the table from the major carbon producers for countries affected – especially fragile and island states – to adapt to the climate change they are already experiencing? Is the rhetoric around green recovery and investing in new technology going to offer a way forward?
Don’t miss this event full of interactive networking, inspiration and insights!
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
16:00 – 18:00 CET
Humanity Hub via Zoom
Thanks to our partners!
where now for climate justice
At this peace&justice café you’ll be networking with NGOs, and activists and other professionals on the specific work they are undertaking on climate justice. What are the small-scale solutions that provide hope? How will they make change happen and bring justice for the millions already affected by the climate emergency? And what do we still need states to do – and how do we lobby for it – in order to achieve ‘net zero’? Do cities like The Hague have a role to play, by bringing the ecosystem concerned with making a more peaceful and just world together around climate issues?
The peace&justice café
is the new networking event series for cross-sectoral connection and collaboration for a more peaceful and just world. Launched by the Hague Humanity Hub in collaboration with the Municipality of The Hague, it convenes the peacebuilders, justice innovators, researchers, humanitarians, impact entrepreneurs, policy makers, and other changemakers from The Hague and beyond. By strengthening our connections, we can help offer concrete solutions for today’s complex and pressing problems and increase our collective impact.
programme
November 30, 16:00-18:00 CET
16.00 Welcome & unfacilitated networking breakouts
16.15 Breakout room round no. 1
16.45 Breakout room round no. 2
17.15 Dialogue on climate justice
17.45 Networking breakouts
17.55 Closing
Dialogue on climate justice speakers
Raki Ap
Indigenous rights activist on climate justice
Shirleen Chin
Institute for Environmental Security
& Stop Ecocide Foundation
Roza de Jong
World’s Youth 4 Climate Justice
Roundabouts
16:15
Breakout round 1
The Hague Peace Projects on what justice if any, achieved or to-be-achieved post-COP26
Many initiatives attending COP26 included youth from the Global South – like Saving Tuvalu campaign. What were the expectations of these young people? How did they experience Glasgow? What’s next for these campaigners?
Hosts:
The Hague Academy for Local Governance on Climate Justice and the rights of nature
How can we include ecosystems and biodiversity in local decision-making processes for adaptation/resilience planning? Given the growing attention on nature-based solutions, how can we translate international agreements into local actions? We will touch on the many links between ecosystems, local livelihoods, governance, and localizing multilateral climate agreements.
Hosts:
Space4Good on Bridging the Gap in Data for Prosecuting Environmental Crime
From insights to actions – how can we bridge the crucial gap from globally available data towards sustainable interventions and prosecution of environmental crimes.
Host:
THUAS Centre for Expertise on Global Governance on how to move toward a more inclusive climate justice in inclusive multi-level climate governance
The increased engagement of historically underrepresented groups, such as youth and children during COP26 made it evident that climate policies and policy discussions need to be much more inclusive, canvassing broader interests and in a manner that empowers all those bearing the impacts of climate-related decision-making. What are the ways to give voice, enhance agency and create platforms for such underrepresented stakeholders at various levels of governance? How to enhance tools of effective adaptation for vulnerable groups in facing the already evident and harmful consequences of global warming, such as heatwaves? The discussion is embedded in a multi-level context, and we hope to collect views from a broad range of actors.
Hosts:
16:45
Breakout round 2
Justice Connection & Find Out Why on Climate: the next infodemic?
We have been through circles of understanding about the infodemic of misinformation during the Covid pandemic. What are the lessons learned by journalists and how those can be put to good use in the context of reporting on climate? How is disinformation stifling the needed conversation about climate change and is there a better way for journalists to understand science and provide quality reporting for the public?
Hosts:
UN Youth Impact on the role of youth and student’s organisations in contributing to resolving local climate challenges
We will focus on the strategies and methods available to these groups and especially on education and local environment. An example would be creating more green spaces in our universities or looking at how we can work with others to change the way we consume.
Hosts:
Moveer Learning Design on climate responsibility: helping youth exploring their ability to respond
Host:
Global Governance Forum on following up on COP26: Perspectives on enhanced global climate governance
Host:
Continua on giving Earth a seat at the table
Climate justice and sustainability require fundamentally different approaches to the challenges we face, and specifically a way to give our planet a more direct voice in multilateral negotiations and public policy development. What are we missing when our analysis is shaped only by human perspectives? What practical opportunities exist to develop new approaches to negotiations which bring in the perspectives of nature and ecosystems and open up new spaces for problem solving and consensus?
Host:
HiiL on why climate justice needs people-centred justice
Join the conversation
Register for the event using the link below. This second edition will be hosted exclusively online on Zoom. Please also join the online conversation:
#PeaceAndJusticeCafe #ClimateJustice