Climate Justice and Public Health: Practical Ethics in Urgent Times

Fonna Forman (JD, PhD University of Chicago) is a professor of Political Theory and Founding Director of the Center on Global Justice at the University of California, San Diego. Her work engages issues at the intersection of ethics, public culture, human rights and the city - including climate justice, border ethics and equitable urbanization. Forman serves on the Global Citizenship Commission (advising UN policy on human rights), and was Vice-Chair of the University of California’s Bending the Curve report on climate change solutions.

Forman is principal in Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman, a research-based political and architectural practice in San Diego, investigating issues of informal urbanization, civic infrastructure and public culture, with a special emphasis on Latin American cities. From 2012-13 they served as special advisors on civic and urban initiatives for the City of San Diego and led the development of its Civic Innovation Lab. Together they lead the UCSD Community Stations, a platform for engaged research and teaching on poverty and social equity in the San Diego-Tijuana border region.