Our second issue of the Journal on CRCJ will be focused on the climate justice implications of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and related technologies and policies. Please submit if you are a university researcher, graduate student, or practitioner. crcj.scholasticahq.com/for-authors

New Nature Cities article explores models for community-centric placemaking, including Columbia Climate School Georgetown University professor Sheila Foster's work on how cities globally are reimagining their governance with a people-centered approach to public spaces. nature.com/articles/s4428…

Ostrom's ideas are more important than ever. Unfortunately, her work is often reduced to a simplistic valorization of community management, ignoring how structural barriers undermine their ability to do so. Sheila Foster Praneeta Mudaliar Floriane Clement @[email protected] sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Sheila Foster and Christian Iaione’s great work with #LabGovCity was featured in Nature Cities magazine, through an interview with Sheila Foster for the article on “New Inroads for Community-Centric Placemaking,” conducted by Anneliese (Lisa) Palmer.
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' #Placemaking leverages the vision & resources of local users... Innovations in urban placemaking & place governance now include a change in who makes decisions about access to goods & services in a city.'
Anneliese (Lisa) Palmer Uwe S. Brandes Sheila Foster Christian Iaione LabGov Georgetown Global Cities Initiative

'As urban challenges mount, community-driven placemaking is gaining traction, with cities empowering residents to shape public spaces like parks and plazas through informal partnerships and decentralized decision-making.” Sheila Foster LabGov
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Honored 🎖

Join us next week for this special event w/ Sheila Foster, a leading thinker on the promise of cities for racial justice, environmental and climate progress, and democracy and good governance—with a clear-eyed look at hard truths and challenges as well.

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Honored to be a guest at The Climate Museum on November 30th to discuss #climatejustice and #cocities .
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Our keynote address, by the amazing Professor Patricia Williams, has begun! #GLJAfrofuturism

Our second panel, Money, Power, and Respect in the Afrofuture(s) has started! This panel is moderated by Professor Sheila Foster and features panelists LEWIS GORDON and etienne toussaint ✊🏽. #GLJAfrofuturism

Every fight for racial justice is waged in the face of a fierce storm.

This moment is no different.

Powerful conversation w/ Robin Lenhardt, Founder of Georgetown University’s Racial Justice Institute, Michael Harriot, Elise Boddie & Sheila Foster about what this moment requires of us.

NYC 3 months apart. The climate crisis will manifest in hundreds of ways and we need to be ready

NYC is on track for the most rain ever in a single day.

Climate change is real and it’s here.

New York is experiencing disastrous flooding and a Republican shutdown means the National Flood Insurance Program will expire tomorrow night.

This is lunacy. A bipartisan deal was agreed to months ago. Dems held up their end. GOP needs to stop playing games and follow through.

“With 500 miles of waterfront, New York City’s frontline communities live in the most vulnerable, polluted areas. We are in an incessant state of emergency from flash flooding and extreme weather caused by the climate crisis. Sadly, Congress, …”
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Great Kickoff to Climate Week. I was honored to moderate a session on carbon offset markets and their impacts on communities in the global south, particularly vis-a-vis land rights and lack of prior informed consent. Lots of solutions proposed. Hopeful!
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Named #ClimateWeekNYC University Partner by Climate Group, @ColumbiaClimate and our experts will help build global momentum for climate action, offering a full lineup of events Sept 17-24 to advance climate solutions. #ColumbiaClimateWeek bit.ly/3qZglIp