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Session Overview Gupta, J. (2023). Keynote speaker, Water Seminar, On the occasion of the farewell of Henk Ovink, Nieuwe Instituut – museum voor architectuur, design en digitale cultuur, Rotterdam, 5 September, 16.00-17.00 Details Focus/starting point will be the Earth Commission report on Earth System Boundaries under the of lead Joyeeta Gupta and Johan Rockström. The matching key words: water, research, science, politics, young professionals, inclusivity, complexity.

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2023), Speaker, The history of climate change negotiations and implications for the future, Online training programme for Climate Diplomats, MENA region, 23 August 2023 Details Report: This Clingendael training program provides diplomats with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand and navigate current developments in climate negotiations and a world in transition, and to learn how to apply a climate-sensitive lens to diplomatic practice.

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2023). Panel Member, Climate Change and Social Justice: Setting the Research Agenda Together, IUPAC World Chemistry Conference, 22 August 2023 Details Report: dedicated panel session on Climate Change and Global Social Justice at the international IUPAC conference in The Hague

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2023). The Need for Safe and Just Earth System Boundaries, Artis Planetary Health Congress, Organized by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 7 July 2023 Details Report: The scientific conference explored how the four themes of Earth, Water, Food and People are connected. Each session includes three key notes laying the foundation for each theme, followed by six lectures of action perspectives. Representatives from different fields come together in one place for optimal cross-fertilisation.

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2023). Climate Justice, Phasing out Fossil Fuels, and stranded assets, VU University Summer School on Energy Transition, 5th July, Amsterdam Details Report: Understanding the evolving climate justice issues in the Climate negotiations; Assessing climate justice challenges emerging from the issue of stranded fossil fuel assets and incoherence in fossil fuel financing; and Exploring energy transformations in a North-South context.

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2023). Towards an Environmental Diet, Mission LiFE: G20 and the Lifestyle for Environment l, 3 July 2023, Organized by Indian Embassy at KIT, Amsterdam, 3 July 2023 Details Report: 7 mins – There is an urgent need to adopt more sustainable lifestyles, including phasing out the use of fossil fuels. We should however do so in an equitable manner. Changing geopolitics and governance patterns influence North-South issues in relation to environment and development. This is why a global mass movement as initiated through Mission LiFE is the best (and only) way forward.

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2023). Earth system boundaries, climate change and justice, Seminar with EAT Lancet Commission, 29 June 2023 Details Report: EAT Lancet Commission has started the work on their new report and will include more of justice perspectives. Therefore, they would like to learn from the Earth Commission, what we have done in terms of justice work, what were the challenges and how we solved them. The format is a webinar with the EAT Lancet commissioners/team. Around 20 people. Agenda: 17:00 Welcome and round of introductions 17:05 Steve & Johan: presentation on Safe ESBs – 10 min 17:15 Q&A/discussion 17:30 Update from EAT Lancet team about their justice work (ok Nuno?) 17:40 Joyeeta explains the just boundaries and justice work in general – 10 min 17:50 David Obura – 5 min presentation on People and Nature positive 17:55 Q&A/discussion

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2023). Earth system boundaries, climate change and justice, Porticus “Caring for the Earth Sector” Investment Committee lunch meeting, 23 June 2023 Details Report: Porticus “Caring for the Earth Sector” Investment Committee gets together to approve projects and strategies. We invite guest speaker to come and engage with our committee members, predominantly made up of Brenninkmeijer family members.  Joyeeta Gupta spoke about the just and safe planetary boundaries work that the Purposeful Business Team has supported through our core grants to the GCA.

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2023). Moderator, Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground: Stakeholders, Barriers, and Vested Interests (CLIFF), Global Transformations and Governance Challenges, Leiden University, 8 June 2023 Details What is the role of big investors in leaving fossil fuels underground (LFFU), what are the North-South implications of LFFU and what measures can be taken by whom to equitably allocate and accelerate shareholder and stakeholder responsibility in energy transformation for inclusive development? The aim of this panel is to present current knowledge on the major stakeholders, explore their relationships to the fossil fuel sector, the asymmetrical power relationships embedded within them, and discuss drivers and barriers to climate action, as well as opportunities for intervention. The panellists will discuss the key barriers and challenges that must be tackled to mitigate climate change, among them: the outsize importance of national oil and gas companies, consolidation and concentration of major fossil fuel financiers, the costs for developing countries in forsaking and stranding fossil fuel reserves and resources, the prohibitive effects of national debt on possibilities for climate action, and limitations of interventions rooted in neoliberal-financial logics. We hope to engage both panellists and attendees on potential levers of influence, avenues for intervention, agents of change, and their implications for just and inclusive outcomes.

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2023) Panel presenter, Nature Water Talks: Waiting for the UN Water Conference, organized by journal Nature Water, in preparation of the UN Water Conference, New York, 15 March 2023 Details Report: Nature Water Talks are online events organized by the Nature Water journal team with the aim to provide a space to discuss a range of topics related to water resources and their relationship to society. video