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Invitation to the International Scientific Conference "Urgently Needed Responses to Climate Change"
You are cordially invited to the international scientific conference "Urgently Needed Responses to Climate Change", which will take place on 21 and 22 March 2025 at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana and the Atrium of ZRC SAZU (Institute of Philosophy).
The conference will bring together renowned experts from academia, government and civil society to discuss legal, philosophical and policy responses to climate change. The programme is attached below.
Participation in the conference is free of charge, but registration is required. Please register no later than 19 March 2025 by 12.00 noon via the following link: Registration form.
The conference is organised in the framework of the research project "(Re)Conceptualization of the Legal Paradigm Regarding Climate Change: Development of a New Legal Normality for Achieving Sustainable Practices" (J5-50168), led by prof. dr. Vasilka Sancin and funded by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS).
We look forward to your participation!
Programme of the Conference
The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the programme.
Past and Upcoming Events
1. Lecture by Prof. Dr. Vasilka Sancin
Title: International Protection of People Fleeing Effects of Climate Change
Climate change, recognized as a serious international concern for decades, was never as visible and threatening as it is today. Its impacts have profound implications for human societies, especially in regions already vulnerable due to poverty, inequality, or political instability. The 2023 UN Secretary-General’s Policy Brief on A New Agenda for Peace recognizes that the uneven suffering created by climate change ranks among the greatest injustices of this world. This seminar will discuss legal responsibilities of States and the international community to take measures reducing the necessity of migration due to climate change and ensure fundamental rights to those already forcibly displaced due to its adverse impacts. The presenter will argue that the notion of climate change emergency is inadequate, and suggest a paradigmatic shift to adequately address new realities, as the adverse impacts of climate change are not, and must not be tackled as, a one-off event.
Achievements of the project group
1. Article by dr. Tadeja Troha
Title: Habituated to Denial
Povzetek prispevka: The article discusses the mechanisms of climate change denial. It starts from the observation that habituation to denial is based on a process that is exactly the opposite on the content level: the process of repeated aha-experiences, i.e., sudden insights into reality of the climate crisis. In the first part, the author summarises the developments of recent years, which came to a symbolic end at COP 28 in Dubai, when the President introduced the contradictory idea that the transition to a sustainable paradigm is only possible by simultaneously maintaing the fossil fuel paradigm. In the second part, the article summarises some of the main points of what was probably the first interdisciplinary symposium on climate change, organised in 1975 by Margaret Mead. Referring to the conference’s position paper, the author first develops the basic framework for productive interaction between the social and natural sciences as Mead envisioned it and then presents the social consequences of the fact that the relationship remained institutionally disorganised—and eventually had to organise itself.