Ways of Repair : Loss and Damage Symposium | SESSION #9: Decolonising Climate Coloniality and Re-Centering Marginalised Voices and Knowledges

In this session of the Ways of Repair : Loss & Damage online symposium, interdisciplinary scholar, speaker, and author Farhana Sultana Architect, urban planner, researcher, professor, and curator Gabriela De Matos, and the founder and executive director of Climate Refugees, Amali Tower, considered why, in the context of Loss and Damage, a fundamental rethinking of how climate knowledge is created, shared, and used is needed, one centering the voices and expertise of those who have been most affected by climate change but least empowered to shape its trajectory.

This discussion centered upon the following key topics: Afro-Brazilian architecture examined through an intersectional lens of race, culture, and environmental justice, climate induced migration and displacement, and the urgent need to decolonize the institutions that govern climate science and policy.