On Friday 29 November 2024, the Interdisciplinary Observatory on Climate Change and the Political and Electoral Observatory (OPEL) are jointly organising the Climate Emergency and Public Policies seminar. In two panel discussions, combining invited public managers and experts and representatives of the two observatories, the event promotes the release of the report Climate Emergency and Public Policies: Mapping Citizens’ Perceptions at the Local Level, a publication that presents the results of a collective survey aimed at understanding how Brazilian women and men are dealing with climate change.
Open to all who are interested, the seminar will be held from 2pm to 5.30pm, in person, at the Graduate Auditorium of the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH/UERJ), on the Maracanã campus of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) – R. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Rio de Janeiro (RJ).
Programme:
2pm – Panel 1: Climate Perceptions and Mobilisation: Overcoming Pessimism with Action
- Josué Medeiros (OPEL)
- Leonildes Nazar (iCS)
- Thiago Nascimento (Instituto Decodifica)
- Marcele Oliveira (PerifaLab)
- Moderation: Elza Neffa (OIMC)
4pm – Panel 2: Education, Science and Public Policies for a Liveable Planet
- Carlos Milani (OIMC)
- Luciano Paez (Municipal Secretary for Climate in Niterói)
- Tainá de Paula (Councillor and Secretary for the Environment and Climate in Rio de Janeiro)
- Tatiana Roque (Councillor and Secretary of Science and Technology of Rio de Janeiro)
- Moderation: Mariana Castro (OIMC)
5:30pm – Closing reception
The Climate Emergency and Public Policies seminar has the support of the Institute for Climate and Society (iCS), the Jean Monnet Chair at UERJ, the Institute for Social and Political Studies (IESP-UERJ) and the Graduate Programme in International Relations (PPGRI-UERJ).
