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Responsibility to cool a warming planet does not lie with the poor | Kristen Lyons | TEDxUQ

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Committed to delivering positive social change on issues that sit at the intersection of sustainability and development, Associate Professor Kristen Lyons has led research teams that endeavour to uphold social justice for the world’s most vulnerable communities. Exploring the limits of global carbon trading projects as a response to the climate crisis, Kristen’s talk exposes the human and environmental costs of these so-called ‘climate solutions’ because the reality is that sometimes our attempts to make the world greener don’t actually make the world better. Kristen is an Associate Professor in Environment and Development Sociology in the School of Social Science at The University of Queensland. Kristen has over twenty years’ research, teaching, and service experience, she is committed to delivering positive social change on national and international issues that sit at the intersection of sustainability and development. Kristen works in Africa, the Pacific, and Australia, and her work is grounded in a rights-based approach. This focus has centered the rights and interests of local communities, especially Indigenous peoples, in her research design and collaboration. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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