Dear friends
Tuesday, October 20, starting at 7pm
We are delighted to have
Michael K. Dorsey, an internationally recognized expert on global
energy, environment, finance and sustainability matters speaking to
us. He is based in New York. He will be speaking on Climate Justice
and the Global South
He has also been asked to address the inter-relation between Black Lives Matter and our
climate movement.
In 1997, in Glasgow, Scotland, Dr Dorsey was bestowed Rotary
International’s highest honor, The Paul Harris Medal for
Distinguished Service to Humanity. Dr. Dorsey is a “Full member” of
the Club of Rome and in 2013 the National Journal named him one of
200 US “energy and environment expert insiders”. A graduate of the
University of Michigan, Yale and the Johns Hopkins University,
presently Dr. Dorsey is a JV partner in the Indian based panel
manufacturer Pahal Solar and a limited partner in the Spanish solar
concern IberSun, s.l. Currently Dr. Dorsey is the Macmillan Scholar
in Residence and Global Affiliate in the Gund Institute for
Environment at the University of Vermont.
Dr. Dorsey’s significant government engagement began in 1992 as a
member of the U.S. State Department Delegation to the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development, “The Earth Summit.” From
April 2007 until November 2008 Dorsey was a member of Senator Barack
Obama’s energy and environment Presidential campaign team. In 2014,
after more than two decades of collaboration and engagement with the
United Nations NGLS—a specialized unit of UNCTAD (the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development) designated Dorsey advisor on
“climate, energy sustainability and SIDS (Small Island Developing
States)”.
Dr. Dorsey has published dozens of scholarly and lay articles on a
variety of environment, development and sustainable finance matters.
Have a look for example, at the first chapter (his) in this volume: Justice, Peace
and Inclusion for Sustainability or Climate Apartheid? (Full
Manuscript, PDF)
Beyond boardrooms and multilateral summits Dr. Dorsey has a long
legacy of exploring, researching and working to protect
biodiversity–in the US and abroad. Beyond his publications, Dr.
Dorsey’s conservation research has long been in cooperation and
collaboration with leading scholars, think tanks, advocacy groups,
governments, corporations, multilateral agencies as well as
fence-line, marginalized and forest communities—and many more.
We expect to
hear short contributions from climate activists from the Global
South.
The meeting
is being chaired by Sonya Robotham, from the Mandela Centre, in
Derby.
This meeting
is rather special. Please click here and join us.
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