Emory Law‘s Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative and Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop present A Workshop on the Environment and Vulnerability April 8-9, 2016, at Smith College. Paper proposals are due by Feb. 28, 2016.
Environmental issues are often discussed in terms of vulnerability, resilience, and human dependency on the environment. In the context of anthropogenic climate change, the need for states to embrace cooperative global action to save the planet is an urgent imperative. However, the focus of current vulnerability discourse in the environmental regime has largely been on geographic positioning and scientific inquiry.This workshop will extend that perspective to encompass human vulnerability as a central component of the political description of harm and the basis for compelling both national and international responses.
