Beyond Hot Air Webinar #5 - Meaningful stakeholder engagement in resource extraction
Gertrude Saxinger
Dear all,
[sorry for cross-posting]
BhA would like to invite you to the upcoming BhA Webinar #5: Meaningful stakeholder engagement in resource extraction
Description: The shift to a low-carbon economy, intertwined with the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, has placed new emphasis on meaningfully engaging affected groups when discussing natural resource extraction projects. But what does it mean to meaningfully engage peoples and communities impacted by resource extraction? In the Canadian context, some argue that meaningful engagement is about sharing risks and opportunities, with equity partnerships now serving as the new standard for working with Indigenous Nations. In other contexts such as Ghana, there is emphasis on community-benefit agreements and social responsibility interventions as a way to maintain a social licence to operate. No matter how meaningful engagement is defined, there is agreement that engagement cannot be meaningful if it does not involve the consent and participation of affected people (including stakeholders and rights holders) who should contribute to defining the parameters of meaningfulness itself.
The webinar builds on the The Routledge Handbook on Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement, which was edited by the webinar speakers Giuseppe Amatulli and Nathan Andrews, as well as Karin Buhmann and Alberto Fonseca.
Speakers: Giuseppe Amatulli (Carleton University) & Nathan Andrews (McMaster University)
Moderator: Pamela Lesser (University of Lapland)
Date: 28 May, 16:00-17:00 CEST
Zoom/Registration link: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/62120793068?pwd=PYOBd3BW3PJa8vQDpg1k57YC0fCaxX.1
Details about BhA Webinar #5 here
Note: The webinar will be recorded and will be made available to the public on YouTube and the BhA website. The Q&A part of the webinar will not be recorded.
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gertrude Saxinger
Department of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Austria
Austrian Polar Research Institute APRI
Heinrichstr. 36, A-8010 Graz
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