📌Global Environmental Justice Conference – Where do we grow from here? Environmental Justice and the Politics of Hope in the Planetary Age
📅 Date: 13 & 14 April 2026
🌍 Location: Colorado State University
🎤 Speakers: Prof. Joyeeta Gupta, Georgios Dikaios, Aljoscha Karg
🔗 More Information: https://environmentaljustice.colostate.edu/global-environmental-justice-conference-2026/https://www.unssc.org/courses/transforming-economies-sustainable-development-1https://www.oskarvonmillerforum.de/en/event/sharing-our-earth-focus-on-climate/

Prof. Joyeeta Gupta, together with our project’s PhD researchers Georgios Dikaios and Aljoscha Karg, held a panel discussion at this year’s Global Environmental Justice Conference. Under the theme “Where do we grow from here? Environmental Justice and the Politics of Hope in the Planetary Age,” it covered themes such as different understandings of environmental justice, the relationship between environmental justice and democracy, and strategies for transformative just transitions.

Our team presented insights on the path toward a global constitution for the Anthropocene through highlighting environmental, economic, technological, and legal tensions. Prof Gupta introduced the audience to global constitutionalism and presented the Open Science Justice Lab’s participatory character. She highlighted the difference between conservative and transformative justice, arguing that only the latter can address the root causes of global problems.

Aljoscha Karg illuminated global economic injustices, arguing that international financial subordination is the underlying driver of unequal global economic governance. He argues that properly challenging financial subordination requires challenging the global capitalist system himself. Georgios Dikaios presented a systematic literature review of global constitutionalist scholarship, mapping and challenging some of its main concepts.

In line with our commitment to inclusive, participatory research, an essential part of the panel was facilitating a conversation with the audience on the prospects and role of a global constitutional framework. Particularly stimulating discussion points revolved around the political feasibility of a Global Constitution, whether a Global Parliamentary Assembly could provide a more inclusive alternative and how to approach epistemological justice.