Browse Hierarchy GEG6155: Race and Environment

Race and Environment addresses the interconnected geographies of race and environment, with a focus on racial inequity in material geographies of ecologies, climate, urban environments . Situated within the planetary legacies of colonialism, racial capitalism and race, the students will examine the racialized impacts of anthropogenic climate change, extraction and development at a global and community scale. Critical race theory will be used to analyse global environmental movements, environmental racism and histories of activism, UN Sustainability Goals, Climate 'loss and damage¿ fund and reparations in the context of racial justice.