• Date: 9th June 2025
• Time: 3PM UTC
• Registration: Decolonizing the energy tranistion in the Polycrisis

The climate emergency has sparked a push to transition the global energy system away from fossil fuels and towards so-called renewable energy sources and electrified alternative forms of transport, manufacturing, etc. This has fueled a rush towards mining of critical minerals needed for ‘renewable’ tech – much of it targeting ecosystems and human communities in the Global South, Indigenous lands, or other marginalized areas. The polycrisis — including the worsening of the climate crisis, the depletion of ‘cheap’ fossil fuels, geopolitical conflicts, and the reordering of global trade — threatens to accelerate what some are calling “green colonialism.”

Please join the Liminality Network, Global TapestryThe weaving of networks of Alternatives of AlternativesAre activities and initiatives, concepts, worldviews, or action proposals by collectives, groups, organizations, communities, or social movements challenging and replacing the dominant system that perpetuates inequality, exploitation, and unsustainabiity. In the GTA we focus primarily on what we call "radical or transformative alternatives", which we define as initiatives that are attempting to break with the dominant system and take paths towards direct and radical forms of political and economic democracy, localised self-reliance, social justice and equity, cultural and knowledge diversity, and ecological resilience. Their locus is neither the State nor the capitalist economy. They are advancing in the process of dismantling most forms of hierarchies, assuming the principles of sufficiency, autonomy, non-violence, justice and equality, solidarity, and the caring of life and the Earth. They do this in an integral way, not limited to a single aspect of life. Although such initiatives may have some kind of link with capitalist markets and the State, they prioritize their autonomy to avoid significant dependency on them and tend to reduce, as much as possible, any relationship with them., and the SIRGE Coalition for a multi-perspective conversation exploring the need and opportunities to decolonise the energy transition. The event will be held online on 9 June 2025 at 15:00 UTC (see when that is for you).

If you are unable to attend the live event, we encourage you to sign up anyway as a link to the recording will be sent to anyone who registers.

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Galina Angarova is the Executive Director of the Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE) Coalition, a global alliance dedicated to protecting the rights, dignity, and sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples amidst the growing demand for energy transition minerals. She is an Indigenous leader and human rights advocate with over two decades of experience at the intersection of environmental justice, Indigenous Peoples' rights, and global policy. She has served in various leadership roles with Indigenous Peoples' and civil society organizations and is a current Global Advisor to the Wildlife Conservation Society, member of the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group at GEF, and a Board Member at A Growing Culture.

Carlos Tornel holds a PhD in Human Geography from Durham University. His research interests focus on the decolonization of energy justice and the pluriversal and autonomous transformations emerging from below. He is a member of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives and the Ecosocial and Intercultural Pact of the South.

The conversation will be hosted by Dilafruz Khonikboyeva, Executive Director of Home Planet Fund.

• The Liminality Network
• Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTAGlobal Tapestry of Alternatives)
• Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE)