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Dear GEP-ED list members, Please find below a call for papers for the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2019 (28th-30th August) in London. The deadline for submitting abstracts for this session is Friday 18th January. We look forward from hearing from you! Title: Power and Justice in Climate and Energy Governance Spaces Co-sponsoring groups: Climate Change Geographies and Energy Geographies Research Groups Session conveners: Harriet Thew (Climate Change Geographies Research Group), School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Pip Roddis (Energy Geographies Research Group), School of Geography, University of Leeds, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Session abstract: Given the wicked problem posed by climate change, and the extremely broad range of stakeholders implicated in its governance, decision-making spaces in the climate and energy fields have come under increased academic scrutiny in recent years (Bulkeley et al., 2014; Neeff, 2013; Chilvers and Longhurst, 2016). Aiming for inclusion, some decision-making spaces have opened up to key stakeholders in the name of democratisation (Barnett and Low, 2004). For example, international climate negotiations allow access to nine non-state actor constituencies including youth, indigenous peoples, and business NGOs, whilst engagement is also increasing at local levels, as seen in the proliferation of urban climate governance initiatives (Bulkeley et al., 2014). Participation in energy governance ranges from facilitated participation in energy planning processes to grassroots citizen action (Chilvers et al., 2018). As a result, a broader range of participants are theoretically able to engage in and contribute to what Gordon Walker refers to as "a closed geography of information, access and power" (2009, p627). However, questions of power and justice remain pertinent to the consideration of such governance spaces: who has access, in what ways are they able to engage with decision-making processes, which discourses are deemed acceptable, to what extent are stakeholders able to influence outcomes, and what are the justice implications of the power dynamics described above? This requires attendance to spatial and temporal constraints which shape inclusion/exclusion from governance spaces at all levels (Walker, 2009). This session will explore these questions in relation to a variety of climate and energy governance fora, from local to international levels, in different contexts across the globe. References Barnett, C. & Low, M. 2004. Spaces of democracy: geographical perspectives on citizenship, participation and representation, Sage. Bulkeley, H., Andonova, L. B., Betsill, M. M., Compagnon, D., Hale, T., Hoffman, M. J., Newell P., Paterson, M., Vandeveer, S. D. & Roger, C. 2014. Transnational climate change governance, Cambridge University Press. Chilvers, J. & Longhurst, N. 2016. Participation in transition(s): reconceiving public engagements in energy transitions as co-produced, emergent and diverse. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 18:5, 585-607. Neeff, T. 2013. How many will attend Paris? UNFCCC COP participation patterns 1995-2015. Environmental Science & Policy, 31, 157-159. Walker, G. 2009. Beyond distribution and proximity: exploring the multiple spatialities of environmental justice. Antipode, 41:4, 614-636. Instructions for Presenters: We invite abstracts (up to 250 words, plus paper title) from scholars of any theoretical background exploring empirics of justice, participation, democracy, inclusion/exclusion and power. Please send to Harriet Thew ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) by Friday 18th January, 2019 including: Title of Paper, Author(s), Affiliation(s) and Abstract. Harriet Thew Postgraduate Researcher and Graduate Teaching Associate Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) School of Earth and Environment University of Leeds Web: https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1567/harriet-thew Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Twitter: @HarrietThew<https://twitter.com/HarrietThew> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
