Thursday, September 25, 1-2pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
As outlined in Decades of Deceit, a report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, for decades, the fossil fuel industry has waged a coordinated campaign of disinformation and delay, blocking progress to keep profiting from warming the planet. Now we are paying the price as “Danger Season” — the period between May and October when the United States and its Caribbean territories and neighbors experience their worst climate impacts — becomes ever more perilous. U.S. communities and those around the world are facing the health, economic, and social effects of the industry’s pollution and human rights violations — and are demanding justice.
Join Union of Concerned Scientists and speakers from the Center for Climate Integrity, the Gulf South Fossil Finance Hub, and Lekeh Development Foundation (Nigeria) for a virtual discussion on a critical strategy in the fight for climate justice and a livable planet: holding the fossil fuel industry accountable.
The growing field of attribution science allows us to more precisely demonstrate how Big Polluters have made the world more dangerous. And communities from the local to state to national level are fighting back, including through lawsuits seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its deception and damages.
Hear from scientists, community leaders, and legal experts about all of these topics, and what you can do to join the fight to Make Polluters Pay.
Speakers:
• Nbani Friday Barilule, Director and Founder, Lekeh Development Foundation, Niger Delta, Nigeria
• Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto, Bilingual Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Dr. Delta Merner, Associate Director, Climate Accountability Campaign, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Kathy Mulvey, Director, Climate Accountability Campaign, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Roishetta Sibley Ozane, Founder, Director and CEO, Vessel Project of Louisiana; Co-Director, Gulf South Fossil Finance Hub
• Corey Riday-White, Managing Attorney, Center for Climate Integrity
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Hosted by Union of Concerned Scientists.
