ground up: climate justice forum Agenda
Friday 11th April - Grassroots
09:15-10:00
At Registration you fill in the Sign in sheet, get your wristband and your FREE lunch ticket
10:00-10:15
Jim Clarken (Oxfam Ireland CEO)
10:15-11:15
System change, not climate change
Cian Walsh, Chair (UCC Student Union); Prof Jennie Stephens (Maynooth University); Pádraic Fogarty (Rewild!/author); TBC
11:30-12:45
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Feminist Communities for Climate Justice
The domestic, gendered and intersectional impacts of the climate crisis (Workshop)
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Irish Doughnut Economics Network
Step into the Doughnut (Workshop)
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Climate Café (Workshop)
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Think global, act local (Workshop)
12:45-13:30
Bring your placards and join local activists this Global Climate Strike Day Theme: DontSellOurFuture
13:30-14:15
Collect your voucher upon registration for use on site!
14:30-15:30
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Responding to a community: cooperative solutions for climate justice (Workshop 1/2)
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The Working Class Climate Alliance
Rethinking ‘expertise’ - the power of local, community-based knowledge (Workshop 1/2)
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Communities Against the Injustice of Mining (CAIM)
Extractivism and climate justice (Workshop 1/2)
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Community Action Tenants Union (CATU)
Housing and environmental justice (Workshop)
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Exploring and experiencing interconnection through music and song (Workshop)
15:45-16:45
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Bohemian FC (cont’d)
Responding to a community: cooperative solutions for climate justice (Workshop 2/2)
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The Working Class Climate Alliance (WCCA) (cont’d)
Rethinking ‘expertise’ - the power of local, community-based knowledge (Workshop 2/2)
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Communities Against the Injustice of Mining (CAIM) (cont’d)
Extractivism and climate justice (Workshop 2/2)
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La Xixa (Barcelona)
What kind of world are we leaving for our dogs? (Forum theatre performance)
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Rights, the Law and the Struggle for Climate Justice
Ecojustice Ireland, Centre for Environmental Justice & others (Roundtable discussion)
Want to keep the conversations going?
Join us for some music and craic at Bodega Bar & Restaurant from 18:30 ‘til late
Saturday 12th - Ideas lab
Building on Friday’s variety of workshops and discussions, this Ideas Lab will be an exercise in shaping a democratic ground-up approach to climate justice.
Through guided discussion, we will explore together what a truly just and sustainable future looks like – and what’s needed to get us there.
10:00-15:00
Lead facilitator: Kathryn McCabe (Involve)
Keynote listeners: Ali Sheridan (Chair, Just Transition Commission); Mary Murphy (Maynooth University / Oxfam Ireland)
Lunch & refreshments provided
Oxfam Ireland is committed to being a part of the change to a truly just and sustainable society. But we don’t pretend to have all the answers. As we continue to shape our work and approach to just climate action, we want to listen to and learn from the knowledge, wisdom, experiences and wishes for the future that our communities have in abundance.
We believe that all voices should be heard and valued in any discussions about our collective future. We also believe that tackling climate change presents an unmissable opportunity to simultaneously tackle the underlying drivers of inequality and injustice, both across Ireland and around the world.
