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Camden Conference Community Event: Environmental Impact of the War in Ukraine
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Zoom
Audience: Adults
The Environmental, Energy, and Climate Impacts of Russia’s War in Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has led to on-going hardship, displacement, and suffering for many Ukrainians. At the same time, the effects of the war have rippled beyond the region of the former Soviet Union. The war has disrupted environmental cooperation, transformed global energy markets, and added uncertainty in international efforts to address climate change. Will Russia’s war accelerate international efforts to decarbonize economies and facilitate a green transition? Or will the war undermine these energy and climate goals? As the most directly affected, are Europeans positioned to cope with the loss of Russian oil and gas? What are the areas of fragility and adaptation in this “turbulent” period in international politics? In this talk, Professor Henry considers the direct and indirect environmental costs of the war.
Laura A. Henry is a Professor in the Department of Government and Legal Studies and is currently the chair of the Russian Department at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Her research investigates Russia’s post-Soviet transformation with a particular focus civil society, citizen activism, and environmental politics as well as international politics of the environment, climate, and the Arctic. Henry is the co-author (with Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom) of Bringing Global Governance Home: NGO Mediation in BRICS States (Oxford University Press, 2021) and the author of Red to Green: Environmental Activism in Post-Soviet Russia (Cornell University Press, 2010). She is also the co-editor of Russian Civil Society: A Critical Assessment (M.E. Sharpe, 2006). Her work has appeared in Environmental Politics, Global Environmental Politics, Post-Soviet Affairs, Europe-Asia Studies among other journals. She has been a Watson Foundation fellow and a Fulbright Scholar.
The Portland Public Library partners each year with the Camden Conference to bring a series of original programs to our community in addition to the conference itself, held in mid-coast Maine. This year, the conference celebrates it’s 36th season. The theme will be Global Trade and Politics: Managing Turbulence. The Portland Public Library is offering three related Community Events in the first weeks of January, prior to the conference itself which is scheduled for mid-coast Maine on the weekend of February 17-19, 2023.
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India: Rising Ambitions, Challenges at Home.
PPL partners each year with the Camden Conference to bring a series of original programs to our community in addition to the conference itself, held in mid-coast Maine. In 2024, the conference celebrates its 37th season. The theme will be India: Rising Ambitions, Challenges at Home. Portland Public Library is offering three related Community Events this fall. The conference itself, is scheduled for mid-coast Maine on the weekend of February 16-18, 2024.
Seventy-five years after independence, India is on track to have both the world’s largest population and the second largest economy. It is pursuing a unique path as a democracy and as an ambitious player in global affairs. Possession of nuclear weapons gives it prestige globally and confidence in its security amid unstable neighbors. Domestically, a diverse, complicated, multicultural mosaic of issues—from poverty, caste, religion, to repression of women and minorities—pose unrelenting challenges for democratic institutions. How will a younger generation of Indian leaders choose its priorities? What’s at stake for China, Russia and the United States as India expands its role in the global economy and becomes a more assertive leader in the Indo-Pacific region?
Recommended Readings
To view the full list of books suggestions for this year’s theme, visit the Camden Conference Recommended Readings.