The climate emergency has sparked a push to transition the global energy system away from fossil fuels and towards so-called renewable energy sources and electrified alternative forms of transport, manufacturing, etc. This has fueled a rush towards mining of critical minerals needed for ‘renewable’ tech – much of it targeting ecosystems and human communities in the Global South, Indigenous lands, or other marginalized areas. The polycrisis — including the worsening of the climate crisis, the depletion of ‘cheap’ fossil fuels, geopolitical conflicts, and the reordering of global trade — threatens to accelerate what some are calling “green colonialism.”
Please join the Liminality Network, Global Tapestry of Alternatives, and the Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE) Coalition for a multi-perspective conversation exploring the need and opportunities to decolonise the energy transition.
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About the Panelists
Galina Angarova is the Executive Director of the Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE) Coalition, a global alliance dedicated to protecting the rights, dignity, and sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples amidst the growing demand for energy transition minerals. She is an Indigenous leader and human rights advocate with over two decades of experience at the intersection of environmental justice, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, and global policy. She has served in various leadership roles with Indigenous Peoples’ and civil society organizations and is a current Global Advisor to the Wildlife Conservation Society, member of the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group at GEF, and a Board Member at A Growing Culture.
Carlos Tornel holds a PhD in Human Geography from Durham University. His research interests focus on the decolonization of energy justice and the pluriversal and autonomous transformations emerging from below.
He is a member of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives and the Ecosocial and Intercultural Pact of the South.
About the Host
Dilafruz Khonikboyeva is the Inaugural Executive Director of Home Planet Fund. Ms. Khonikboyeva previously spent five years with the Aga Khan Development Network, and eight years responding to conflict and climate crises. She is a transformational conflict expert, focused on civil war, environment and resource conflicts, and storytelling. She advises the Climate Change Working Group for Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS).
Dilafruz is indigenous Pamiri from Khorog, Tajikistan.
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