International Conference on Climate Change and Agrarian Justice

The way agrarian struggles connect with the huge challenge of climate change is a vital focus for both thinking and action. Climate change is inextricably entwined with capitalism, but how the relationship between capitalism and climate change plays out in the rural world requires deeper analysis. In a recently-published essay, ‘Climate change and agrarian struggles’, members of the Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS) editorial collective lay out a preliminary agenda for future work linking climate change to critical agrarian studies. From across a spectrum of scholarly and activist engagements, and in the lead-up to COP27, the conference will speak to how we can build an anti-capitalist, trans-environmental and agrarian approach to confront climate change in rural settings.

The global conference will be held online and registration is required. You can register here.

The programme of the conference is available here.

Languages

The main language of the conference is English. There will be simultaneous interpretation into Spanish and French for plenary sessions. Certain parallel sessions may also offer interpretation.

The conference is jointly organized by Journal of Peasant Studies, Transnational Institute, Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists of the Global South, and Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies and supported by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.

Conference convenors

Amita Baviskar, Annie Shattuck, Ian Scoones, Jacobo Grajales, Jennifer Franco, Katie Sandwell, Marc Edelman, Nancy Peluso, Ricado Jacobs, Ruth Hall, Saturnino Borras Jr, Sergio Sauer, Shaila Seshia Galvin, Sinem Kavak, Wendy Wolford.

Any queries?

Please contact: climateagrarianconference@gmail.com 

Conference updates

Please refer to the conference website