讲座题目：从联合国气候大会到南极治理：在气候与自然保护治理中追踪权力与正义
主讲人：俞雨榕 南极和南大洋联盟（ASOC）的自然保护政策顾问
主持人：郇轶中 中国农业大学人文与发展学院/国际发展与全球农业学院 副教授
讲座时间：2025年5月9日（星期五）10:00-11:30
讲座地点：中国农业大学（东校区）新图书馆7318室
讲座语言：中文
主讲人简介：俞雨榕博士是南极和南大洋联盟（ASOC）的自然保护政策顾问。她拥有伦敦帝国理工学院环境政策研究博士学位、哥伦比亚大学气候与社会硕士学位，以及中国农业大学发展学学士学位。她的研究涉及生物多样性保护、全球环境治理与气候外交，尤其关注南大洋海洋保护区与《南极条约》体系。
她曾作为社会组织代表参与南极治理会议，推动国际海洋保护区的磋商进程。此外，她是2025年发表在《自然·气候变化》（Nature Climate Change）上的一项研究的合著者，利用机器学习主题建模与社会网络分析方法，系统研究了联合国气候大会（UNFCCC COP）中边会话语与利益集团动态，揭示了化石燃料游说者如何通过国家与商业组织介入气候治理。她的研究融合政策分析、数据科学与环境正义，为全球及极地可持续发展提供跨学科视角。
讲座介绍：在发展研究与全球治理的语境下，应对环境挑战不仅需要跨学科合作，更需要真正融合的方法论。在本次讲座中，我将从一项近期发表于《自然·气候变化》的研究出发，利用机器学习主题建模与社会网络分析，对2003年至2023年联合国气候大会（UNFCCC COP）边会进行系统分析，揭示化石能源、粮食与森林议题中的话语演变与利益网络，进而反思全球气候治理中的程序正义与包容性问题。
在此方法基础上，我将转向实践工作领域——南极与南大洋保护。我目前担任南极和南大洋联盟（ASOC）政策顾问，参与推动南极海洋保护区（MPAs）的国际磋商。我将介绍该区域的治理机制，特别是《南极条约》体系下科学证据、地缘政治与非政府组织之间如何互动，并形成或阻碍共识。
通过对比联合国气候治理与南极保护治理两个案例，我希望展示发展研究者如何通过多方法组合，深入理解国际环境治理中的权力结构、参与机制与正义议题。
Title: Tracing Power and Justice in Climate and Conservation Governance-From UN Climate Conferences to Antarctica
Speaker: Dr. Yurong Yu Advisor at the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC)
Moderator: Huan Yizhong Associate Professor of COHD/CIDGA, CAU
Time: 10:00-11:30, Friday, May 9, 2025
Venue: Room 7318, New library, East Campus of CAU
Language: Chinese
Introduction to the Speaker: Dr. Yurong Yu is an advisor at the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC). She holds a PhD in Environmental Policy Research from Imperial College London, a Master’s in Climate and Society from Columbia University, and a BA in Development Studies from China Agricultural University. Her research spans biodiversity conservation, global environmental governance, and climate diplomacy, with a focus on the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic Treaty System.
Yurong has advised NGO delegations at Antarctic governance meetings and contributed to international efforts to advance Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). She also co-authored a recent study published in Nature Climate Change (2025), which used machine learning and network analysis to investigate inclusivity and lobbying dynamics at UN climate conferences (UNFCCC COPs). Her work bridges policy, data science, and environmental justice, offering interdisciplinary insights into the challenges of sustainability in polar and global contexts.
Overview: In the study of development and global governance, tackling environmental challenges requires more than disciplinary silos—it calls for truly interdisciplinary approaches. In this talk, I begin with a recent study published in Nature Climate Change, where we applied machine learning-based topic modelling and social network analysis to examine 20 years of side events at UN climate conferences (UNFCCC COPs). This approach allowed us to trace how influence, access, and lobbying evolve within the global climate negotiation space—especially around energy, food, and land use—and what this reveals about inclusivity and procedural justice.
Building on this methodological foundation, I will turn to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, where I now work as a policy advisor for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC). Here, I’ll share insights into the governance of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and how science, geopolitics, and environmental NGOs interact under the consensus-based Antarctic Treaty System.
By comparing these two arenas—global climate governance and polar conservation diplomacy—I aim to highlight how development scholars can use mixed methods to understand power, participation, and justice in international environmental decision-making.