Global Change & Sustainability Center

FASB 295 and online. To attend via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEocOmvqzwrGdI7Ea7OLU5Ai_7Q_MxUxoez Abstract: The Colorado River is not stationary. Climate change’s hydrological impacts are one testament (read: aridification/megadrought). So, too, is the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision in Arizona v. Navajo Nation. Focused on Diné (Navajo) needs for and rights to water within the river […]

FASB 295 and online. To attend via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMuc-GsrzgrHtaiig7yEu9qY1Uloqy9RaAm Abstract: Over a billion people globally depend on snowmelt runoff to meet water demands, predominantly from snow that accumulates annually in mid-latitude mountains. Decades of observations show that this natural resource is in decline, impacting growing populations downstream and stressing vast infrastructural networks designed […]

FASB 295 and online. To attend via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtfuyrqDIrHNU1vd1QdezDCEOMh4m7p9m6 Abstract Globally and within the US, the weapons build up of World War II and the Cold War resulted in environmental injustices for Indigenous peoples that increased multigenerational risks to their health, environments, and cultures, creating a legacy of contamination and distrust against which the stresses […]

FASB 295 and online. To attend via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkd-Gopj0uHNQ1b6RfneIASNOzLIBrkFjP Abstract: This presentation will cover key arguments from Curley’s forthcoming book, “Carbon Sovereignty,” that focuses on coal and development on the Navajo Nation. The book chronicles the meaning of work and sovereignty for the tribe in the 21st century. Many accounts of extraction in […]

295 FASB. To attend via zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvc-uspzkqEtA6qwJGEBKfVAJMU0q6o2qZ Human–environment relationships are fundamental to environmental and energy justice, and in many contexts, Indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK) is integral to such relationships. For example, Diné elders and community members identify firewood harvested from local woodlands as central to cultural and physical survival as, for Diné people, […]