The effects of climate change are being felt first and foremost in developing nations, mostly in the global south. There is no question that there are severe systemic issues at play on an international scale - but what about on a local level?

In this panel conversation, we gather experts to talk about the impact of environmental racism in the planning and development of our cities and the related displacement of Black and Indigenous communities in the creation of our urban infrastructure.

Gerald Torres (Professor of Environmental Justice and Law, Yale)
Naolo Charles (Executive Director, Black Environmental Initiative)
Clayton Thomas-Müller (Senior Campaign Specialist, 350.org)
Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Professor, HOPE Chair in Peace and Health)

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This event is part of TPL's On Civil Society: Climate series, a year-long programming initiative that explores the effects that climate change is having on the only habitat we have.  We are faced with radical and unknown effects on the world’s oceans, rivers, wildlife and diminishing biodiversity.  These new realities of a future world paint a sobering picture that disrupts the very idea of humankind and its interventions on the planet.

Each month we focus on a different facet of the topic, featuring some of the world’s most innovative thinkers, scientists, activists, journalists and artists. Critical and long-neglected voices offer new perspectives on where we went wrong and, perhaps, some solutions for a healthy, sustainable and equitable future for our planet.

We will offer tools to help you weigh in with your opinions and experience, but more than this, we aim to inspire in at least some of you the desire to get involved in any way that works for you: through panels, lectures, field trips and workshops, key organizations will help you see some of those working for our planet that we didn’t even know about.

On Civil Society: Climate is a collaborative project sponsored by Toronto Public Library, the Consulat Général de France à Toronto et Institut Français.

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TPL’s On Civil Society series is generously supported in part by Chris M. Reid.

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Toronto Public Library is committed to accessibility. Please call or email us if you are Deaf or have a disability and would like to request accommodation to participate in this program. Please let us know as far in advance as possible and we will do our best to meet your request. At least three weeks notice is preferred. Phone 416-393-7099 or email accessibleservices@tpl.ca

Climate - Urban Planning and Environmental Racism