The University of Fiji in collaboration with the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs, Pacific Islands Development Forum, Linköping University, Sweden and Australian National University (Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions) is conducting a 2-day workshop on Loss and Damage and the Climate Negotiations”.

The workshop will be open for both online and in-person participation.

The goal of the workshop is “strengthening collaborations and knowledge sharing.” The workshop will be divided into two days and will explore:

• The diverse perspectives, experiences and meanings of loss and damage for various professionals and communities in the Pacific
• From the Pacific perspective, what are the tangible actions taken to address loss and damage
• Implications for COP27 and future work within climate conventions

 

Mistra Geopolitics participants

Linköping University

Professor Björn-Ola Linnér

Björn-Ola Linnér is the Programme Director of Mistra Geopolitics and Professor at the Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research at Linköping University. He analyses how the political processes and actors affect conditions for social changes towards sustainable development in different parts of the world. He has a long experience in research dialogues with various societal actors, such as the climate convention’s secretariat, governments, businesses and environmental organizations.

PhD student

Malaika Mikaelsson

Malaika is a PhD student at Linköping University. Her research focuses on how geopolitical changes might create opportunities or threats to the capacity of Pacific Small Island Developing States to cope with climate change, and how these changes spur transformation towards sustainable development. Drawing on Indigenous research methods and knowledge, her research will further look at how stakeholders in these countries make sense of environmental and political changes, and how these changes influence their efforts to achieve the SDGs.