Climate Security and Climate Justice in the Sahel (Book launch)
The ERC-funded project Landresponse is happy to announce the launch of the new book Climate Security and Climate Justice - Recognizing Context in the Sahel by Professor Tor A. Benjaminsen (Department of International Environment and Development Studies, NMBU).
Date:
Place:
Innsikten, University Library (Veterinary building), Campus NMBU
Address:
Elizabeth Stephansens vei 15, 1433 Ås, Norge
Contact person:
The event takes place in the NMBU University Library, and will also be streamed. Streaming information will be made available on this webpage before the event.
The book launch will be chaired by journalist Maren Sæbø.
Read more about the ERC-funded LANDRESPONSE-project
Participants:
- Camilla Toulmin, Senior Associate and former Director, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Edinburgh/London, UK
- Mirjam De Bruijn, Professor of Contemporary History and Anthropology of Africa, Leiden University, the Netherlands
- Halvard Buhaug, Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
- Sten Hagberg, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Jan Selby, Professor of International Politics and Climate Change, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, UK
- Ibrahima Poudiougou, postdoc researcher, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU
- Boubacar Ba, director, Centre for Analysis on Governance and Security in the Sahel, Bamako, Mali
Programme:
- 09:00 Presentation of the book, Tor A. Benjaminsen
- 09:10 Comments: Camilla Toulmin (video link), Sten Hagberg, Jan Selby (videolink), Mirjam de Bruijn, Halvard Buhaug
- 10:00 Coffee break
- 10:15 Panel 1: What are the root causes of the crisis in the Sahel? Boubacar Ba (videolink), Ibrahima Poudiougou, Sten Hagberg, Mirjam de Bruijn
- 11:00 Panel 2: Climate security vs context – why do some narratives dominate the Sahelian story? Jan Selby (videolink), Camilla Toulmin (videolink), Tor A. Benjaminsen, Halvard Buhaug
To ensure we can accommodate everyone comfortably, please register to confirm your attendance.
Praise for the book
‘This is a brilliant, must read book based on decades of research, and written with great care and understanding; using climate justice debates, Tor A. Benjaminsen effectively challenges the simplistic narratives about the claimed connections between insecurity, conflict and climate change. Further he demonstrates how these representations of the Sahel have served to dispossess and restrict people.’
– Rosaleen Duffy, University of Sheffield, UK
Read more critical acclaim on the publishers webpage
Can't make it to Ås? The event will be streamed: