Incorporating Climate and Environmental Justice into Research and Resource Management: Climate & environmental justice at the national scale
In this webinar, speakers Keely Maxwell & Emily Eisenhauer, Aranzazu Lascurain, Natasha DeJarnett, Kameron Kerger, & Nick Thorpe discuss national scale guidance and examples on climate and environmental justice across different federal agencies.
Webinar Date
March 28 at 3 PM ET
Webinar Series Summary
The National CASC hosted a virtual webinar series on "Incorporating Climate and Environmental Justice into Research and Resource Management" that discusses how to integrate principles of climate and environmental justice into research and resource management. It ran bi-weekly from February 29 to May 9, 2024 and explores the ethics around engaging with the populations most vulnerable to the impacts of environmental and climate change, which are often low-income communities, communities of color, Indigenous and Tribal communities, and people facing disenfranchisement. The series is meant to be of particular value to researchers looking to apply justice principles to their own work and communities seeking to lay out clear expectations for the researchers they collaborate with. Learn more about the series here.
Webinar Summary
In this webinar, speakers Keely Maxwell & Emily Eisenhauer, Aranzazu Lascurain, Natasha DeJarnett, Kameron Kerger, & Nick Thorpe discuss national scale guidance and examples on climate and environmental justice across different federal agencies.
More about the Speakers
Aranzazu Lascurain is the Southeast and Caribbean Regional Lead for NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management (OCM), Aranzazu carries out partnerships and regional coordination and implementation for NOAA’s Office of Coastal Management as the Southeast and Caribbean Regional Lead along with many partners to deliver products, services, and programs that help keep coastal residents safe, the economy sound, and natural resources functioning well. She formerly worked at the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center for 10 years out of NC State University where she focused on mentorship of the Global Change Fellows and devoted her time to partnership building and tribal engagement.
Emily Eisenhauer is a Social Scientist in the EPA Office of Research and Development’s Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment. Her research background is in applied social science and community based research collaborations on social and environmental justice, and her current research focuses are on community resilience and community capacity, emphasizing translational and community engaged methods. She served as the Agency Chapter Lead for the 5th National Climate Assessment chapter on Social Systems and Justice.
Keely Maxwell is a General Anthropologist in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development. She works in the Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, where she out carries out applied social science research on community resilience, environmental cleanups, and disaster waste decision-making. Keely was the coordinating federal lead author for the Social Systems and Justice chapter in the Fifth National Climate Assessment.
Dr. Natasha DeJarnett (pronounced DEE-jar-net) is the Deputy Director for Environmental Justice Data and Evaluation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to advance environmental justice. Most recently, Dr. DeJarnett served as an assistant professor in the Christina Lee Brown Envirome (pronounced in-VY-rome) Institute at the University of Louisville Division of Environmental Medicine researching the health impacts of extreme heat exposure and environmental health disparities. She also was a professorial lecturer at The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. In addition, Dr. DeJarnett previously provided leadership for climate change and health and environmental health partnerships at the National Environmental Health Association and the American Public Health Association.
Kameron Kerger is the Deputy Director for EJ Digital Services Delivery with the White House CEQ. She led the Environmental Justice team at the United States Digital Service which collaborated with CEQ and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool and the Phase One Environmental Justice Scorecard prior to joining CEQ,. She has worked for Amazon’s Sustainability team where she designed and researched ways to encourage customers to make more sustainable decisions when shopping online. She spent the bulk of her career at Qualcomm where she was responsible for everything from designing the world’s first mobile app store to imagining the future using next generation mobile networks.
Nick Thorpe is the Policy Advisor for Environmental Justice at the White House. Prior to joining CEQ in March 2023, Nick worked at Earthjustice, an environmental law non-profit, where he was the Climate & Energy Senior Program Associate and a Senior Litigation Assistant for the Clean Energy Program – helping advance research and policy advocacy on cross-cutting climate and energy justice topics for 5.5 years. Nick has also been a community organizer for Texas Campaign for the Environment in Dallas, TX, and worked on environmental and trade issues for a local environmental non-governmental organization in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Resources
- NOAA Office for Coastal Management
- NOAA Climate Regional Resilience Challenge
- EPA Equitable Resilience Builder tool and user guide
- Inflation Reduction Act Community Change Grants Program | US EPA
- Cumulative Impacts Research | US EPA
- Community Change Equitable Resilience Technical Assistance| US EPA
- Research funding opportunities
- EPA Science Inventory
- Justice40
- EJ Scorecard
- Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST)
- Sign-up for Environmental Justice Updates from the White House Council on Environmental Quality
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In this webinar, speakers Keely Maxwell & Emily Eisenhauer, Aranzazu Lascurain, Natasha DeJarnett, Kameron Kerger, & Nick Thorpe discuss national scale guidance and examples on climate and environmental justice across different federal agencies.
Webinar Date
March 28 at 3 PM ET
Webinar Series Summary
The National CASC hosted a virtual webinar series on "Incorporating Climate and Environmental Justice into Research and Resource Management" that discusses how to integrate principles of climate and environmental justice into research and resource management. It ran bi-weekly from February 29 to May 9, 2024 and explores the ethics around engaging with the populations most vulnerable to the impacts of environmental and climate change, which are often low-income communities, communities of color, Indigenous and Tribal communities, and people facing disenfranchisement. The series is meant to be of particular value to researchers looking to apply justice principles to their own work and communities seeking to lay out clear expectations for the researchers they collaborate with. Learn more about the series here.
Webinar Summary
In this webinar, speakers Keely Maxwell & Emily Eisenhauer, Aranzazu Lascurain, Natasha DeJarnett, Kameron Kerger, & Nick Thorpe discuss national scale guidance and examples on climate and environmental justice across different federal agencies.
More about the Speakers
Aranzazu Lascurain is the Southeast and Caribbean Regional Lead for NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management (OCM), Aranzazu carries out partnerships and regional coordination and implementation for NOAA’s Office of Coastal Management as the Southeast and Caribbean Regional Lead along with many partners to deliver products, services, and programs that help keep coastal residents safe, the economy sound, and natural resources functioning well. She formerly worked at the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center for 10 years out of NC State University where she focused on mentorship of the Global Change Fellows and devoted her time to partnership building and tribal engagement.
Emily Eisenhauer is a Social Scientist in the EPA Office of Research and Development’s Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment. Her research background is in applied social science and community based research collaborations on social and environmental justice, and her current research focuses are on community resilience and community capacity, emphasizing translational and community engaged methods. She served as the Agency Chapter Lead for the 5th National Climate Assessment chapter on Social Systems and Justice.
Keely Maxwell is a General Anthropologist in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development. She works in the Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, where she out carries out applied social science research on community resilience, environmental cleanups, and disaster waste decision-making. Keely was the coordinating federal lead author for the Social Systems and Justice chapter in the Fifth National Climate Assessment.
Dr. Natasha DeJarnett (pronounced DEE-jar-net) is the Deputy Director for Environmental Justice Data and Evaluation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to advance environmental justice. Most recently, Dr. DeJarnett served as an assistant professor in the Christina Lee Brown Envirome (pronounced in-VY-rome) Institute at the University of Louisville Division of Environmental Medicine researching the health impacts of extreme heat exposure and environmental health disparities. She also was a professorial lecturer at The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. In addition, Dr. DeJarnett previously provided leadership for climate change and health and environmental health partnerships at the National Environmental Health Association and the American Public Health Association.
Kameron Kerger is the Deputy Director for EJ Digital Services Delivery with the White House CEQ. She led the Environmental Justice team at the United States Digital Service which collaborated with CEQ and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool and the Phase One Environmental Justice Scorecard prior to joining CEQ,. She has worked for Amazon’s Sustainability team where she designed and researched ways to encourage customers to make more sustainable decisions when shopping online. She spent the bulk of her career at Qualcomm where she was responsible for everything from designing the world’s first mobile app store to imagining the future using next generation mobile networks.
Nick Thorpe is the Policy Advisor for Environmental Justice at the White House. Prior to joining CEQ in March 2023, Nick worked at Earthjustice, an environmental law non-profit, where he was the Climate & Energy Senior Program Associate and a Senior Litigation Assistant for the Clean Energy Program – helping advance research and policy advocacy on cross-cutting climate and energy justice topics for 5.5 years. Nick has also been a community organizer for Texas Campaign for the Environment in Dallas, TX, and worked on environmental and trade issues for a local environmental non-governmental organization in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Resources
- NOAA Office for Coastal Management
- NOAA Climate Regional Resilience Challenge
- EPA Equitable Resilience Builder tool and user guide
- Inflation Reduction Act Community Change Grants Program | US EPA
- Cumulative Impacts Research | US EPA
- Community Change Equitable Resilience Technical Assistance| US EPA
- Research funding opportunities
- EPA Science Inventory
- Justice40
- EJ Scorecard
- Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST)
- Sign-up for Environmental Justice Updates from the White House Council on Environmental Quality
Webinar Recording
Interested in Exploring Our Other Webinars?
Check out previously recorded webinars on our website!