22–23 October 2026 | Academic Conference Centre | Husova 4a, 110 00 Prague
22 October 2026
8:50–9:00 Welcome and introduction
Jiří Krejčík, Ondřej Lánský (Institute of Philosophy CAS)
9:00–10:00 Keynote Lecture
Mukul Sharma (Ashoka University)
— Climate Nationalism: Hindutva, Political Legitimation and Climate Politics in India
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–12:00 Scenarios, Data and Contested Landscapes
Lenka Suchá, Magdaléna Koudelková, Eliška K. Lorencová, Jitka Martínková, Zuzana V. Harmáčková (Global Change Research Institute CAS)
— From Global Scenarios to Local Realities: Rethinking Socioeconomic Pathways in Central and Eastern Europe
Klára Matoušková (Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University)
— Environmental Health Justice in Heat Waves: Unequal Chemical Burdens and Policy Imperatives
Richard Filčák (Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences SAS)
— Slovakia and the Development of Vision 2040: Climate Change and Social Conflict through a Weberian Lens
12:00–13:30 Lunch break
13:30–15:00 Just Transition: Labour, Repair and Conflict
Alisha Mehra (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras)
— The Clean Transition‘s Dirty Work: Repair, Formalisation, and the Politics of Circularity
Michaela Pixová (Faculty of Arts, Charles University), Adéla Lindnerová (Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University)
— Building Movements Through Care: Sustainable Activism and Socio-Ecological Transformation
Bronislav Farkač, Jakub Mácha, Lenka Suchá, Zuzana V. Harmáčková (Global Change Research Institute CAS)
— Contested Solar Landscapes: Justice, Discourse and Local Responses to Ground-Mounted Photovoltaics
15:00–15:15 Coffee break
15:15–17:15 Law, the Public and Climate Justice (in Czech)
Eva Balounová (Institute of State and Law CAS)
— Udržitelnost nebo obchodní války – měnící se nástroje práva životního prostředí
David Chytil (Faculty of Law, Masaryk University)
— Argumenty korporací v klimatických sporech
Daniel Čermák (Institute of Psychology CAS)
— Jak lidé přemýšlejí o ochraně klimatu? Veřejné uvažování o klimatické transformaci ve fokusních skupinách
Denisa Skládalová (Faculty of Law, Masaryk University)
— Proč muži jednají o změnách klimatu a ženy chodí pro vodu?
17:15–17:30 Coffee break
17:30–19:30 Power, Politics and Climate Conflicts: From Czechia to Global South (in Czech)
Ondřej Císař (Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University)
— Kriminalizace budoucnosti: Fosilní moc, Motoristé a boj o socioekologickou budoucnost v Česku
Daniel Trlifaj (University of Manchester)
— Znečištěné ovzduší, znečištěná politika: Sarajevské disfigurativní atmosféry
Jakub Koláček (Faculty of Arts, Charles University / Peace Research
Center Prague)
— Environmentální politika EU v regionu Blízkého východu a Severní Afriky (MENA)
Jiří Krejčík, Ondřej Lánský (Institute of Philosophy CAS)
— Autoritářský extraktivismus, nebo oligarchická akumulace? Nové uchopení indické zelené transformace
19:30 Evening programme
23 October 2026
9:00–10:00 Keynote Lecture
Sumedha Basu (Ashoka University)
— Narratives from the Heated Margins: Lived Experiences, Cooling Aspirations, and Building a Case for Relational Justice
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–12:30 Climate Law and Governance: from Framework Laws to Outer Space
Monika Feigerlová (Institute of State and Law CAS)
— Carbon Credits in the Private Sector: Towards a Taxonomy of Legal Disputes
Matúš Michalovič (Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava)
— From Effective to Just Climate Governance: Can Framework Climate Laws Deliver a Just Transition?
Enikő Krajnyák (University of Miskolc; Central European Academy)
— Recent Challenges and Developments in Environmental and Climate Law in Hungary
Elmira Uysal Ljapina (University of New York in Prague)
— Beyond Space Safety: Orbital Sustainability, Climate Governance and the EU Space Act
12:30–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–15:30 Narratives and Experiences of Climate (In)Justice
Michal Kolmaš (Metropolitan University Prague)
— From Fairness to Frustration: How Social Groups Make Sense of Climate Injustice
Ondřej Kolínský (AMO Klima)
— Green Populism: Reclaiming Sustainability in CEE
Romana Jungwirth Březovská (Faculty of Humanities, Charles University)
— Transformative Change in Times of Polycrisis: Where Gender Equality Meets the Rio Conventions
15:30–15:45 Coffee break
15:45–17:45 Adaptation, Resilience and Resilient Society (in Czech)
Radka Kellnerová (Institute of Thermomechanics CAS)
— Citlivost Evropy na vlnu veder
Anna Bromová (Department of Environmental Studies, FSS MU)
— Jak by vypadala česká společnost resilientní vůči katastrofám?
Jiří Hruška (former crisis manager)
— Interdisciplinární problém krizového managementu
David Stella (Global Change Research Institute CAS)
— Více dat, více spravedlnosti? Epistemická nespravedlnost ve správě dat o biodiverzitě a v územním plánování
17:45 Closing remarks