We are delighted to announce the 5th GDAI Webinar which will be featuring a fabulous speaker, Prof Patricia Kameri-Mbote from the University of Nairobi! Title: Governing the Environment in Kenya: Confronting Contending Norms in a Plural Legal System Date and Time: Wednesday 28th October 2020, 3pm UK time Speaker: Patricia Kameri-Mbote (University of Nairobi) Chair: […]
GDAI Webinar #4 – Climate Induced Migration In West Africa with Professor Joseph K. Teye
On Thursday 30th January 2020 – 5pm UK time – Professor Teye, Director of the Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) of the University of Ghana, will discuss the impact of climate change on West Africa and will look a migration as a climate change adaptation strategy. Although West Africa’s contribution to global climate change is […]
Civil Disobedience and Non-Violent Direct Action – Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace
In this public lecture, Kumi Naidoo looks at what justifies non-violent direct action, and discuss when and why it should be deployed. Dr Naidoo draws on recent campaigns such as last year’s protest at an Arctic oil drilling rig, which saw activists arrested by Russian authorities and held for 100 days, and the anti-apartheid struggle […]