Karenna Gore Joins Southern Climate Gatherings
Center for Earth Ethics Executive Director Karenna Gore traveled south in late October to participate in two significant climate and environmental justice gatherings: the Mississippi Statewide Environmental Justice Climate Change Summit in Jackson, and the Climate Underground Conference in Tennessee, which explored regenerative agriculture and other community-based climate initiatives.
At the Mississippi summit—produced and sponsored by Jesus People Against Pollution at Tougaloo College—Gore participated in a Self-Organized Dialogue as part of the Global Ethical Stocktake process ahead of COP30. The 90-minute session brought together scientists, faith leaders, activists, legal experts and community advocates, with poetry and song grounding the space. In addition to Gore, the speakers were:
- Dr. Ben Chavis
- Aaron Mair
- Ben Jealous
- Dr. Charlotte Keys
- Deeohn Ferris
- Artis Burney
- Mary Flowers
They focused on “Solutions for Pollution,” offering reflections and recommendations shaped by lived experience of environmental injustice across the South.
For more, read coverage of the event by journalist Siena Gleason.
Insights from the Dialogue were featured in the Center’s Voices from the Global Ethical Stocktake initiative. (Photos courtesy of Duffy-Marie Arnoult)
