In order to contribute to and advance the global conversations around planetary health and associated issues, the JHU-UPF Public Policy Center is organising a series of conferences that will take place in Barcelona, Spain, under the umbrella of “Planetary Health in 50 days”.
In order to contribute to and advance the global conversations around planetary health and associated issues, the JHU-UPF Public Policy Center is organising a series of conferences that will take place in Barcelona, Spain, under the umbrella of “Planetary Health in 50 days”. All four activities will be held at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain, between May and July 2025.
30 June – 1 July: Second International Congress of Ecological Humanities (CIHE)
Ecological Humanities seek to build necessary bridges between disciplines to address eco-social crises through system and worldview transformations. After a successful 1st International Congress of Ecological Humanities held in Madrid in 2023, this second edition explores connections between the Ecological Humanities and Planetary Wellbeing. The Planetary Wellbeing paradigm transcends technical approaches in the search for solutions to the polycrisis. From this perspective, the collective reflection on planetary boundaries is conceived as inseparably linked to equity, justice, diversity, and relationality in present and past societies. Thus, this edition embraces the political and moral nature of conversations about social metabolism, as a reflection that guides towards a non-anthropocentric humanism. This event will be bilingual (English/Spanish).
For more information and to sign up, visit the CIHE website.
3-4 July: Green colonialism and green sacrifice: critical perspectives on the politics of green transitions
Since the launching of the European Green Deal and US discussions for a Green New Deal in 2019, the green transition agenda has taken decisive momentum. Nevertheless, critical analyses have drawn attention to the colonial dimensions of green transitions. For example, they have pointed out how the large-scale extraction of ‘transition minerals’ and the installation of industrial-scale renewable energy production facilities in the Global South for the benefit of decarbonising global North economies are a manifestation of green colonialism. Further literature has also explored the idea of “green sacrifice”, analysing the adverse effects of the green energy transition. This mini-conference aims at bringing together scholars working on those themes, to advance conversations and critically explore links between green colonialism and green sacrifice in the context of the green transition.
For more information and to sign up, visit the Green Colonialism and Green Sacrifice conference website.