The Biden administration has made clear its goals to address the climate crisis. A key component in tackling climate issues, domestic and abroad, is environmental justice. Environmental justice touches all aspects of life – from the food we put on our tables, the water in our faucets, the communities we live in, even our international affairs and much more.

In this series, we will bring together experts on a variety of topics that have direct or downstream effects on environmental justice, both domestically and abroad. Our panelists will consider ways that we can improve affordability, advance sustainability and increase access to essential resources as well as provide their recommendations and policy considerations for Congress and the Biden administration.

  • Food & Agriculture: Who We Feed and How We Farm on 5/21 at 10am ET with:
    • Kelly D. Brownell, Director of the World Food Policy Center, Duke University
    • Norbert L. W. Wilson, Professor of Food, Economics and Community, Duke Divinity School
    • Corby Kummer, Executive Director of the Food and Society Program, Aspen Institute
    • Moderated by Pipa Elias, Deputy Director of the Environment Program, Walton Family Foundation
    • RSVP and/or stream on YouTube Live
  • 5/28 at 10 am ET – The Role of Environmental Justice in International Trade and Diplomacy with:
    • Rachel Brewster, Jeffrey and Bettysue Hughes Professor of Law, Duke School of Law
    • Jackson Ewing, Senior Fellow, Duke Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions 
    • Moderated by Jariel Arvin, Foreign and World Fellow, Vox
    • RSVP and/or stream on YouTube Live
  • 6/4 at 10am ET – Infrastructure Priorities: Water’s Role in Promoting Equitable Planning and Investment with:
    • Catherine Flowers, Environmental Health Advocate and 2020 MacArthur Fellow
    • Martin Doyle, Director of the Water Policy Program, Duke Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions 
    • Greg Gershuny, Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Program, Aspen Institute
    • RSVP and/or stream on YouTube Live

Duke in DC’s Beyond Talking Points is a seminar series exposing government officials, policy staff at think tanks, NGOs, media, and others in the federal policy community on Capitol Hill and the administration to in-depth discussions on critical issues facing America and the world. Each event features a complex and relevant policy topic to be discussed by a panel of experts from Duke and external organizations.