Taking Responsibility for Climate Change: What People in Extreme Poverty Can Teach Big Donors (and the Rest of Us)

Talk by Prof. Brooke Ackerly, Political Science, Vanderbilt University

Brooke Ackerly is a political philosopher whose work focuses on human rights, feminist theory and activism, and global justice. Her most recent book is Just Responsibility: A Human Rights Theory of Global Justice (2018). She is also editor-in-chief of the International Feminist Journal of Politics. Ackerly's talk will explore how human rights tools can be used to envision collective responsibilities for mitigating climate change.