Introduction to Climate Action Task Force 2023 Plenary Lecture and Forum

Authors

  • Patricia M. Martin Université de Montréal
  • Joseph Nevins Vassar College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.v23i4.2472

Keywords:

academia, Climate Action Task Force, decarbonization, ecological justice, mobility, social justice

Abstract

This special issue emerges out of the plenary lecture sponsored by the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Climate Action Task Force at the AAG Annual Meeting in April 2023. The lecture was the opening session of a “node” based in Montreal. The issue comprises revised versions of the original lecture and the comments offered by three respondents, as well as an essay inspired by the node. All the pieces consider academic (in)mobility, the need to transform institutional practices and how to do so in a way that advances social justice rather than reproducing unjust hierarchies and exclusions.

References

American Association of Geographers. Undated. “AAG’s Role: Action on Climate Change,” AAG.org (website), https://www.aag.org/program/aag-action-on-climate-change/

Jepson, Wendy, Paricia Martin, and Joseph Nevins. 2022. “Sorry to Bother You: The AAG Climate Action Task Force as a Necessary Inconvenience,” The Professional Geographer 74 (1): 147-149.

Knox, Hannah. 2022. “Not Flying as Anticipatory Critique,” The Professional Geographer, 74 (1): 162-164.

Society for Cultural Anthropology. Undated. “SCA Biennial: Distribute 2020,” Society for Cultural Anthropology (website), https://culanth.org/engagements/events

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Published

2024-07-22

How to Cite

Martin, P. M., & Nevins, J. (2024). Introduction to Climate Action Task Force 2023 Plenary Lecture and Forum. ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 23(4), 278–280. https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.v23i4.2472

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 4 (2024): Special Issue: Climate Action Task Force 2023 Plenary Lecture and Forum

Section

Special Issue: Climate Action Task Force 2023 Plenary Lecture and Forum

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