In this conversation, leading energy justice thinker Benjamin Sovacool (Boston University) will grapple with the economics, politics, and environmental tradeoffs of energy production. He considers how and why any energy transition must account for social and multispecies justice. How can we conceptualize energy justice? What does it look like on the ground? And what cross-sector alliances can achieve clean energy transitions without perpetuating dirty energy injustices? Dr. Sovacool’s talk will be followed by a conversation with Penn’s own Dr. Sanya Carley and a moderated question and answer session.

The "Climate and Democracy" series is hosted by the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy and Penn Program in Environmental Humanities and sponsored by the Environmental Innovations Initiative.