6 November 2024 @Workshop Space Tre
Climate Change Adaptation Rights: Are We All in This Together?
Francesco Nappo
6.30 PM (CEST)
@Workshop Space Tre
B3 Building, Campus Durando
Abstract
This talk will delve into the multifaceted issue of granting adaptation rights in the context of climate change. The first part will explore the ongoing debate surrounding these rights, including their definition, their intended holders, and the scientific, ethical and legal grounds behind them. Ethical approaches based on fairness and on capabilities will be distinguished in their practical upshots. The second part will extend the discussion beyond the traditional focus on human rights and consider the potential implications of granting adaptation rights to non-human animals and ecosystems. Two main questions will be raised in this regard: one concerning whether attributions of rights to non-human entities are meaningful, the other regarding the practical consequences of granting rights to adaptation as distinct from pursuing conservation.
Bio of Francesco Nappo
Francesco Nappo is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and member of the META Research Unit on Social Sciences and Humanities for Engineering and Technology at Politecnico di Milano. An expert in philosophy of science and applied ethics, he is the author of several publications on the epistemology of scientific modeling, analogical reasoning, and the ethics of scientific modeling applied to climate change. He obtained a Ph.D in Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and carried out research periods at the University of Cambridge and the Australian National University.
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The event is part of the evening lectures series “MORE-THAN-HUMAN AI. Exploring the boundaries between humans and AI in the design of regenerative futures”, organized by the PhD Program in Design in collaboration with the Design Intelligences Institute.
