Advancing Climate Policy

Winter 2024

This semester, we've chosen to read The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada by Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël Laforest, Crystal Lameman and Bronwen Tucker. Hard copies of the book are available from the political science department at the front desk.

We'll meet from 3:00-5:00pm in H1230 on:

• Thursday January 25 to discuss chapters 1-3

• Thursday February 15 to discuss chapters 4-7

• Thursday March 7 to discuss related papers to be decided later.

To be added to the distribution list, please email Haddie Winters.

Fall 2023

We've chosen to read Uncertain Futures: How to Unlock the Climate Impasse by Alexander Gazmararian and Dustin Tingley this semester. Hard copies of the book are available from Haddie Winters. 

We'll meet from 3:00-5:00pm on:

• Wednesday October 25 in H1225.12 (Hall Building, 12th floor, in the political science department, room 1225.12) to discuss chapters 1-4

• Wednesday November 15 in H1220 to discuss chapters 5-9.

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I convene the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Advancing Climate Policy at Concordia University with Alexandra Lesnikowski. This group brings together researchers, students, and members of the Montreal community to develop a better shared understanding of the opportunities and constraints on climate action. Participants are only responsible for reading and discussing the texts assigned for each meeting. This is an open environment that welcomes Concordians interested in climate policy, from all levels and disciplines. 

The Working Group is convening a reading group in fall 2023 for students, postdocs, staff, and faculty interested in advancing climate policy. 

We will read a book together over the semester and meet monthly to discuss it. 

Participants are only responsible for reading and discussing the texts assigned for each meeting. 

We welcome suggestions for books that address any aspect of climate policy and the policy-making process. Books should be relatively academic/professional rather than popular science. Examples of possible books include:

• Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël Laforest, Crystal Lameman and Bronwen Tucker, The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada (Between the Lines, 2023)

• Susan Crawford, Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm (Pegasus, 2023)

• Gilbert Gaul, The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America’s Coasts (Macmillan, 2019)

• Alexander Gazmararian and Dustin Tingley, Uncertain Futures: How to Unlock the Climate Impasse (Cambridge UP, 2023)

This semester we will meet from 3:00-5:00pm in H1220 (Hall Building, 12th floor, room 1220) on:

• Wednesday September 27

• Wednesday October 25

• Wednesday November 15

We will pick the book at our first meeting and purchase a copy for each participant. Participants are welcome to pitch a book of their choice at our first meeting.

To be added to the distribution list, please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/r/Sw8qh7EPx1  

Past programs

• Spring 2023 workshop; call for papers

• Winter 2023

• Fall 2022