Climate change is the most serious and acute threat currently faced by humanity. What is the Left approach to the issue?
The Left Forum think tank, in collaboration with Transform! Europe network, organises an international seminar to discuss Left solutions to the problems of climate policy.
The seminar will be held at Vanha ylioppilastalo, Helsinki 24.10. 2pm-5pm.
For example the following themes will be discussed. How to build a grassroots climate movement, and how would such a movement function in relation to party politics? What kinds of structural barriers to solving the climate crisis do the capitalist mode of production and the related power structures create? How should the categories of citizenship and borders be re-assessed given the condition of the climate crisis?
The speakers of the event include Rikard Warlenius ja Andreas Ytterstad. Warlenius is a journalist, PhD student in human ecology and Left Party city councillor in Stockholm. He has authored several books on climate issues. Ytterstad in a scholar of journalism and one of the leading figures of the Norwegian climate movement. In his writings, Ytterstad has specifically discussed the role of civil society in the struggle for a carbon-neutral future and environmentally sustainable employment.
The event also functions as a publication event of the book ”The Politics of Ecosocialism”. One of the editors of the book, Dr Teppo Eskelinen will present the book.
The seminar is free of charge and will be held in english. Welcome!
