{"id":4849,"date":"2026-01-13T14:37:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/?page_id=4849"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:56:06","slug":"january-29-ai-and-climate-justice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/january-29-ai-and-climate-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"January 29: AI and Climate Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/january-29-ai-and-climate-justice\/01-29-26\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4857\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4857\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.29.26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1728\" height=\"2304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.29.26.png 1728w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.29.26-240x320.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.29.26-400x533.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.29.26-160x213.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.29.26-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.29.26-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.29.26-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.29.26-360x480.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.29.26-200x267.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1728px) 100vw, 1728px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Join us as we welcome Dr. Jennie Stephens to speak with us about the Climate Justice Universities Union. She will also examine the emerging impacts of artificial intelligence on climate, justice-centered transitions, and the future of collective climate responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jennie C. Stephens is a climate justice scholar-activist and feminist focused on transformation toward a more just, healthy, and stable future for all. She is Professor of Climate Justice at the National University of Ireland Maynooth and on the coordinating team of the Climate Justice Universities Union. \u00a0Her research, teaching, and community engagement focus on confronting climate obstruction and integrating transformative social justice, feminist, anti-racist, decolonial perspectives into climate and energy policy, fossil fuel phaseout, the renewable energy transition, energy democracy, gender in energy and climate, and climate justice in higher education&#8221; (JENNIE C. STEPHENS, Bio,\u00a0<a id=\"OWAde7192e8-c26b-bd54-a4ee-afc9dd1fa99c\" title=\"https:\/\/www.jenniecstephens.com\/)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniecstephens.com\/)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/www.jenniecstephens.com\/)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"u-center-text\">\n\t<p>\n\t\t<a class=\"button__red button__red--solid\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton-ca.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/wyNhiY6PSASnqDGGHLSqPg\" target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register Here<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3>Actions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Join the Climate Justice Universities Union!<\/li>\n<li>Read the <em>Climate Justice Universities Union<\/em> statement and discuss it with colleagues or classmates.<\/li>\n<li>Ask questions about how AI tools are being implemented on your campus and who benefits from them.<\/li>\n<li>Advocate for transparent, justice\u2011aligned policies around AI use in teaching, research, and administration.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage your institution to align with the CJUU\u2019s principles of democratization, decarbonization, and decolonization.<\/li>\n<li>Sign petitions or statements calling for ethical tech use, fossil\u2011free investments, or justice\u2011centred policies.<\/li>\n<li>Use digital tools more intentionally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Resource List<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CJUU Website Links:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/climatejusticeuniversitiesunion.org\/\">Climate Justice Universities Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/climatejusticeuniversitiesunion.org\/statements\/statement-on-AI\/\">ClimateUni Statement on AI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/climatejusticeuniversitiesunion.org\/resources\/resisting-ai\/\">Resource: Resisting AI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/climatejusticeuniversitiesunion.org\/events\/virtual-resisting-GenAI-and-Big-Tech-in-HE\/\">Resisting GenAI &amp; Big Tech in Higher Education<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Other Websites:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/permacomputing.net\/\">Permacomputing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Readings:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>C. McGeown, S. Sheehan, J.C. Stephens, J. Barry. 2024.\u00a0<em>The Climate Justice Universities Union: Reclaiming the Transformative Power of Higher Education<\/em>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rundale.org\/2024\/12\/12\/the-climate-justice-universities-union-reclaiming-the-transformative-power-of-higher-education\/\">Read Here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Stephens, J.C. 2024.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.press.jhu.edu\/books\/title\/53789\/climate-justice-and-university\"><em>Climate Justice and the University: Shaping a Hopeful Future For All<\/em>.\u00a0Johns Hopkins University Press.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s10584-023-03486-4.pdf\">Climate justice in higher education: a proposed paradigm shift towards a transformative role for colleges and universitie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-elgar.com\/shop\/usd\/the-growth-environment-debate-9781035333516.html\"><span class=\"base\" data-ui-id=\"page-title-wrapper\">The Growth\u2013Environment Debate<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kateraworth.com\/doughnut\/\">Doughnut Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/07294360.2025.2525109#abstract\">Deepening relational capacity to confront the polycrisis in higher education and beyond<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us as we welcome Dr. Jennie Stephens to speak with us about the Climate Justice Universities Union. 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