Toward transformative climate justice: An emerging research agenda
Calls for climate justice abound as evidence accumulates of the growing social and environmental injustices aggravated or driven by...
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Calls for climate justice abound as evidence accumulates of the growing social and environmental injustices aggravated or driven by...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
From forest fires in Australia and California to record floods in Jakarta and the UK, it is clear that no area of the world is immune from the effects of climate change. Many countries and cities have woken up to this fact and have declared climate emergencies. Mainstream discourses are increasingly framed around the recognition that climate change is fundamentally a question of justice, in terms of the responsibility for the problem and its mitigation; that vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate change are both a reflection of, and exacerbate, structural injustices; and that there will be residual impacts beyond the capacity to mitigate and adapt or what might be deemed ‘tolerable’ impacts.