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“Personal Experiences Before Climate Justice Courts: Voices from Science, Law, Art, and Journalism.”

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Arts and Culture Environmental Justice and Social Equity Law and Justice Resilience and Adaptation

Presentation Evening with Discussion and Exhibition

“Personal Experiences Before Climate Justice Courts: Voices from Science, Law, Art, and Journalism”

Context

During the evening, the project “PersoNa – Personal Narratives in Climate Litigation”, funded by the Fondo Italiano, will be presented. The project explores what judges can learn about climate change by listening to people who are directly affected by its impacts.

Through a multi-voiced reflection, the event will discuss how this knowledge is entering strategic climate litigation through personal narratives, and will examine the effects that stories of lived climate impacts can have in these cases.

Format (2 hours total, 18:30–20:30)

  1. Roundtable discussion (1 hour):
  2. Anna Berti Suman (University of Padua) in conversation with EuCli.Pa Italia, Stefania Divertito (science journalist), Danilo Godone (National Research Council – CNR), and Aelisir Illustrator (artist). (Confirmed speakers)
  3. Networking aperitivo (1 hour), accompanied by a simultaneous exhibition on the same theme created by a group of artists collaborating with the project.

Target audience

General public, young people, activists, artists, journalists, and researchers.

English translation support will be available.

Format: Hybrid
Event type: Registration required
Organizer: Anna Berti Suman - Università di Padova e EuCliPa.IT

Anna Berti Suman is a Tenure-Track Researcher (RTT) in Environmental and Territorial Sociology and Environmental Law at the University of Padua. Her research sits at the intersection of environmental socio-legal studies and civic participation in science, exploring how ordinary people respond to climate and environmental stressors through the collection of evidence, and how such evidence is mobilized across different spaces.

In 2025, she received a €1.3 million competitive grant from the Fondo Italiano per la Scienza for the project “PersoNa – Personal Narratives in Climate Litigation.”

She is also a member of EuCliPa.IT, an association created by ambassadors of the European Climate Pact appointed by the European Commission together with other volunteers.

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