The BCC’s Climate Mobility Justice Academy (CMJA) brings together emerging leaders from all corners of the world who are committed to making environmental mobility justice a reality.
All CMJA courses and trainings centre the lenses of critical, decolonial, rights-respecting social, migrant, racial, feminist, economic and environmental justice.
CMJA courses and trainings encourage structural and systemic analysis of environmental mobility challenges with the aim of reinstilling people-power and people-agency at the heart of advancing timely, creative, cross-sectoral and just solutions to the climate change, environment and (im)mobilities nexus.
Our programmes encourage participants to reflect on their positionalities and to lean into their knowledge, wisdom and agency as researchers, academics, advocates, activists, practitioners, creatives and change-makers while exchanging insights and best practices to co-create new tools that advance climate and environmental mobility justice.
Through our programming, we aim to shift power dynamics and disrupt colonially-entrenched knowledge and value systems that (re)produce epistemic forms of violence, marginalize impacted communities and the wisdom of their lived experiences in research and praxis on climate and environmental-related (im)mobilities, environmental justice and beyond.
To respond to gaps in educational curriculum and training on the climate and environmental (im)mobilities nexus, the Beyond Climate Collaborative’s Climate Mobility Justice Academy will advancing the following objectives:
For critical dialogue, evidence-based learning and solutions-driven knowledge exchange that advances environmental justice through feminist, decolonial and people-centred perspectives
Related to climate change, disasters and environmental degradation within scholastic debates on climate adaptation and resilience-building human rights, disaster risk reduction, sustainable development, loss and damage, peace, conflict and genocide, climate and environmental justice
Researchers, scholars, advocates, policymakers, practitioners and change-makers alike in transforming feminist, decolonial and environmentally just conceptual frameworks into local and community, regional and international action through research, policy and transformative practice
The ISCM connects and engages emerging scholars, practitioners and change-makers in critical knowledge exchange, equipping them with tools to advance timely, creative, cross-sectoral and just solutions to the climate change, environment and (im)mobilities nexus.
CMJA courses are dynamic spaces for critical, interactive, interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral knowledge exchange. CMJA thematic and regional courses present participants with the opportunity to deep dive into the climate change, environmental in/justice and (im)mobilities nexus across geographical and thematic contexts. They blend conceptual and theoretical foundations with case studies, lessons from the ground, lived experience and real-world applications.
Shifting away from harmful narratives, frames and practice, CMJA courses aim to ground solutions to climate-related (im)mobilities and environmental in/justice challenges in knowledge, data, policy and praxis across the fields of sustainable development, humanitarian operations, disaster risk reduction, law and policy advocacy, migration governance and climate action.
CMJA courses prioritize collective and experiential learning, offer contextual understanding, and foster scholastic and practical debate by encouraging participants to draw on their research, work and lived experiences.
Our courses are intended to connect and support students, recent graduates, academics and researchers from diverse disciplines and geographies. We welcome participants who are pursuing studies, researching our teaching on topics respective to the thematic and/or regional scope of the course they are applying for.
We encourage participation across disciplines in the critical social science, law, policy, development, forced migration and refugee studies, environmental science and sustainability, global risk and disaster response, geography, education, international relations, politics and diplomacy, economics and or another relevant field.
CMJA specialized trainings are dynamic spaces for critical, interactive, interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral knowledge exchange and capacity-building. Consisting of interactive workshopping and practical exercises, as well as collaborative discussions, trainings are designed to deepen expertise, expand knowledge, share best practices and insights from respective fields to address climate-related (im)mobility and environmental justice challenges.
CMJA trainings integrate practical, solutions-focused learning with conceptual and theoretical grounding to equip participants with actionable knowledge and skills. Through case studies, real-world applications, and cross-sectoral collaboration, CMJA trainings emphasize collective learning and the co-creation of solutions across the areas of sustainable development, migration governance, climate action, disaster risk reduction, humanitarian operations, law and policy advocacy.
Trainings centre practical strategies that align rights-based justice perspectives, enabling participants to identify, respond to and advocate for the addressal of root causes that shape risks, vulnerabilities, exposures and outcomes to climate mobility-related in/justice.
Our trainings are intended to welcome and support practitioners and advocates from diverse sectors and geographies who are actively working to address climate-related (im)mobility and environmental justice challenges.
This includes professionals from government, non-governmental, community-based, and private organizations, as well as independent advocates and activists engaging on respective to the thematic and/or regional scope of the training, across the sectors of human rights, humanitarian assistance, sustainable community and international development, migration governance, climate action, disaster risk reduction and resilience-building or other relevant fields.
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