Join the launch of our new dossier on Energy Transitions.
The event will feature a debate and network discussion with different perspectives from authors and researchers on how the countries and social movements are addressing climate, energy, and geopolitical challenges worldwide.
Date and Time:
Location:
12 Colston Parade
Bristol, UK
About:
The launch of Energy Transitions: Just and Beyond by the Alameda Institute will feature contributions from its editors and authors, connecting climate change, just transition frameworks, political strategy, and energy geopolitics. This accessible yet comprehensive analysis delves into global energy trends, conflicts, and pathways forward over the coming years. While transitioning to a low-emission society requires moving beyond sectoral solutions, energy transition bottlenecks remain a major challenge to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This discussion will focus on the complexities of coordinating an internationalist just transition as we race against time.
The event will take place alongside 𝑬𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝑩𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔, the latest exhibition by Mexican painter Chantal Mezza, which confronts the pressing issue of ecological devastation. This exhibition stands out for its abstract style and striking contrasts, blurring the boundaries between beauty and destruction. As colours and forms merge and dissolve into one another, the very notion of ecology is reimagined, inviting viewers to engage with the urgency of our environmental crisis in a new light.
Speakers:
SABRINA FERNANDES
Sabrina Fernandes is a Brazilian author and researcher, with a Masters in Political Economy and a PhD in Sociology from Carleton University. She is currently the Head of Research at the Alameda Institute. She is part of the Ecosocial and Intercultural Pact of the South, a member of the editorial committee of the NACLA Report, and a Senior Research Advisor to the Oxford Technology & Industrialisation for Development (TIDE) centre.
AMIR LEBDIOUI
Amir Lebdioui is an Algerian development economist and an associate professor of the political economy of Development, University of Oxford. He also serves as the Director of the Oxford Technology & Industrialisation for Development (TIDE) centre.
The artist:
CHANTAL MEZZA
Chantal Meza is a painter based in the United Kingdom whose work practice focuses on the human as seen through various forms of disappearance. Her work is held in public and private collections around the world and over the past 10 years her paintings have featured in exhibitions, auctions and biennials in prominent Museums and Galleries in Mexico, United Kingdom, Paraguay and Germany. She has delivered international lectures and workshops at reputable universities as well as being commissioned publicly and privately. Her work has received the support of grants, public recognitions, and awards of prominent institutions in the cultural sector. More recently, her "State of Disappearance" series has been exhibited in Bristol, London, Oxford and is now on display at the Chancellors Building at the University of Bath. All her work can be seen on the following link: www.chantal-meza.com