In person icon Innovation as Sites for Justice?

Abstract

This panel will present innovative approaches for creating sites to address issues of climate justice. In recent years, a wide range of new methods, tools and approaches have been intersecting with climate strategies and climate justice-oriented projects. These include, for instance, social engagements, artistic interventions but also digital strategies and computational tools (Santarius 2022; King, 2024). What is not yet understood adequately are how such innovative methods actually relate to climate justice efforts. In what ways do such innovations relate to struggles for fair climate adaptation and mitigation? What specific imaginary, practical and technical challenges do these innovative engagements entail? And how do they enrich and advance our thinking, institutional norms and policy practices as they pertain to the unfolding climate transition? The papers in this panel will critically assess the extent these innovations serve as sites for fair process (participatory justice). The potential for innovations to deliver restorative justice in the context of cases from the global north and south will be considered.

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What Innovation?: How Network Structures Influence Policy Outputs in UK Local Climate Mini-Publics	View Paper Details
The Role of Semi-Cultural Spaces and Urban Drama Labs: Reimagining Citizen Participation for Just Transitions	View Paper Details
Linking Energy Justice and Energy Modelling: Co-Creating a Just and Effective Energy transition	View Paper Details
The Emergence of Digital Statehood in the Era of Climate-Related Loss and Damage: Insights from Tuvalu’s Future Now Initiative	View Paper Details