Author name: cliffproject

This global collaboration between equity and climate scholars discusses justice issues with respect to mitigation and adaptation. We present our papers to this working group and learn from their papers.

Three PhD projects contribute to CLIFF’s approach to climate-related issues. Jiesper Tristan’s project on IPCC’s emission scenarios at Utrecht University has informed CLIFF in several ways. Ivan Mugga is working on a PhD project on Uganda’s climate policy and will defend it at the Amsterdam Center for International Law. Opal Morales Asencio, a colleague at the University of Amsterdam within the GIO research group, is currently working on several projects: 

In our project on justice and equality in research with the National Science Foundation, we bring our research results to other scholars to improve our collective understanding of justice in a pragmatic context.  

Professor Gupta is a member of this expert group, which CLIFF provides with information.  

CLIFF collaborates with Professor Peter Newell, who has won a large grant for research on fossil fuels (UKRI Frontier Grant, formerly ERC Advanced Grant). One of our first concrete actions is to develop a joint special issue on supply-side actions on fossil fuels.

There is a global collaboration between researchers and activists promoting a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. We engage with them in a mutually beneficial manner.

A project at Cambridge University is working on a fossil-free Corporate Bond Index, to which CLIFF’s principal investigator, Joyeeta Gupta, is an advisor. We hope it will lead to mutual learning, as CLIFF is also working on a stranded asset index.

Within the context of the Earth Commission set up by Future Earth and the Global Commons Alliance, Joyeeta Gupta – who co-chairs the commission – is working on (a) theorizing Earth system justice; (b) determining safe and just boundaries for the earth’s systems, including for climate change; (c) how to meet global needs for access to water, food, energy, housing and infrastructure; and (d) just transformations. We use our work within CLIFF to enrich the work of the Earth Commission and hope the Earth Commission’s work will enrich CLIFF’s research.