Racism, Colonialism, and Climate Change: Uncovering Injustices in Impacts and Responses

As a prelude to the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan, experts will explore how race, structural discrimination, and colonialism contribute to the delay in climate action and the persistence of health inequities.

Speakers:

• Kenneth Anchang Yongabi, Regional Community Convenor, CCM, Sub Saharan Africa; Imo State University, Owerri
• Mita Huq, Researcher, Institute for Global Health, University College London
• Susana Almanza, Director, PODER, USA
• Elizabeth Koroivulaono, Director/Producer, “The Forgotten Pacific”
• Sandeep Maharaj, Senior Lecturer, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Moderated by: Renzo Guinto, Member of the O’Neill-Lancet Commission; Associate Professor of Global and Planetary Health, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore