Fwd: Theme for Open Access Week 2022: Open for Climate Justice

[Ann Ludbrook]

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From: OpenCon <ope...@sparcopen.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 2:07 PM
Subject: Theme for Open Access Week 2022: Open for Climate Justice
To: Ann Ludbrook <alud...@ryerson.ca>

Hi Ann,

Today, the Open Access Week Advisory Committee announced that “Open for Climate Justice” will be the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week, to be held October 24-30th.

 

You can find the full theme announcement here on the new Open Access Week website, which is also launching today. As in past years, you can find a suite of graphics in a variety of languages hosted on the OA Week site.

 

We would appreciate your help spreading the word about this year's theme by forwarding this email to those in your network who might be interested or by signal boosting the announcement on social media.

 

Climate Justice is an explicit acknowledgement that the climate crisis has far-reaching effects, and the impacts are “not be[ing] borne equally or fairly, between rich and poor, women and men, and older and younger generations,” as the UN notes. These power imbalances also affect communities’ abilities to produce, disseminate, and use knowledge around the climate crisis. Openness can create pathways to more equitable knowledge sharing and serve as a means to address the inequities that shape the impacts of climate change and our response to them.
 
This year’s focus on Climate Justice seeks to encourage connection and collaboration among the climate movement and the international open community. Sharing knowledge is a human right, and tackling the climate crisis requires the rapid exchange of knowledge across geographic, economic, and disciplinary boundaries.

 

Many thanks to this year's Open Access Week Advisory Committee, and we look forward to sharing more updates on events and resources related to this year's theme in the lead up to OA Week!

 

Best,

 

Nick

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