{"id":4155,"date":"2024-11-19T16:49:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T21:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/?page_id=4155"},"modified":"2024-12-02T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:31:07","slug":"november-28-the-mirage-of-solutions-water-policy-and-climate-mitigation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/november-28-the-mirage-of-solutions-water-policy-and-climate-mitigation\/","title":{"rendered":"November 28: The Mirage of Solutions: Water Policy and Climate Mitigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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November 28 @12PM Dunton Tower 1811<\/p>\n

Join us with Meera Karunananthan<\/a> to discuss how market-based solutions for water conservation promoted in global climate talks reproduce power asymmetries and legitimize the ongoing dispossession of historically marginalized groups.<\/p>\n

Speaker Bio: My academic work is shaped by many years of experience in environmental and social justice organizing. Building on relationships with feminist, indigenous and environmental justice movements, my current research investigates the processes that produce uneven distribution of water in the global South. As a feminist political ecologist, I am concerned with the ways in which market-based solutions to climate change and drought reproduce power asymmetries and legitimize the ongoing dispossession of historically marginalized groups. Specifically, I examine the \u00a0racialized, class-based and gendered impacts of privatization, and financialization of urban water systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

Actions<\/h3>\n

Advocate for Policy Change: Push for policies that prioritize equitable water distribution and conservation methods that do not rely on market-based solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Engage in Local Governance: Participate in local government meetings and advocate for water policies that consider the needs of historically marginalized groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

Promote Sustainable Practices: Encourage and adopt sustainable water use practices in your community and personal life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Organize Community Events: Host workshops, discussions, or film screenings to educate and mobilize your community around water justice issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

Support Indigenous Water Rights: Stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities fighting for their water rights and support their initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take one of Meera\u2019s classes:<\/span><\/p>\n