Description
Climate action encompasses all kinds of efforts to mitigate climate change. The Oxford Handbook of Climate Action examines diverse efforts globally, with chapters discussing activism or policy on every continent. The volume presents major theoretical perspectives and concrete strategies for addressing climate change in the twenty-first century.The Handbook considers both noninstitutional and institutional forms of climate action. Contributors discuss the origins of climate activism as well as important achievements in raising public awareness, increasing participation, incorporating environmental justice, and implementing climate-friendly policies. They also demonstrate why nonconventional forms of collective action are necessary and effective when existing institutions fail to address planetary warming at an appropriate pace and level of urgency. Authors cover climate action planning, renewable energy systems, reforestation, carbon capture and storage technologies, nature-based climate solutions, and just economic transitions. The scholars also identify climate action within broader systems of race, class, gender, and colonialism.Drawing from environmental science, sociology, political science, and anthropology, the Handbook gathers analyses and recommendations from an interdisciplinary field of specialists. The volume is thereby both comprehensive and accessible to students and scholars from various disciplines, making it a vital resource for anyone interested in the study of climate issues.
Table of Contents
IntroductionChapter 1: The Role of Environmental Threat in Motivating Climate ActionPaul Almeida, Eliana Fonsah, and Luis Rubén GonzálezPart I: Theories of Climate ActionChapter 2: Ecologically Unequal Exchange as a Catalyst for Climate ActionAndrew Jorgenson, Jennifer Givens, Xiaorui Huang, and Hassan El TinayChapter 3: World Society and Climate ActionKajol Patel and Kristen ShoretteChapter 4: Ecological Modernization Theory and Climate ActionKeiichi SatohChapter 5: The Treadmill of Production Theory and Climate ActionKenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. LewisChapter 6: The Logics of Antiblackness and Coloniality in the Push for Climate (In)Actionmarilyn grell-briskChapter 7: Intersectional Climate ActionCamila Alvarez and Kathryn Norton-SmithChapter 8: "Overwhelming" Heat: Framing Racialized Communities as Climate Victims vs. Climate WarriorsAlesia Montgomery and Marcos MagañaPart II: Non-Institutional Climate ActionChapter 9: The Emergence and Implications of the Global Climate Justice Movement EcosystemFernando Tormos-Aponte and Jackie Smith Chapter 10: The Drivers of Individual Participation in Climate ActionClare Saunders and Emily RainsfordChapter 11: The Role of Emotions in Climate ActivismAlice Poma and Tommaso GravanteChapter 12: Fridays for Future: A New Wave of Global Climate ActivismKatrin UbaChapter 13: Beyond the Number: 350.org Origins and LessonsWill Bates, May Boeve, and Jamie HennChapter 14: Extinction Rebellion: The Emergence, Evolution, and Character of a Transnational Environmental MovementTiago Carvalho and Peter GardnerChapter 15: Environmentalism of the Poor and Climate ActionJoan Martinez-AlierChapter 16: Fossil Fuel Extraction Conflicts as Climate Action Moises Arce and Zoe SullivanChapter 17: Resistance to Fossil Fuel Extraction Projects in Africa as Climate ActionJesse Salah OvadiaChapter 18: Global Indigenous Struggles and Climate Change Activism James V. Fenelon and Leonardo Figueroa HellandChapter 19: Winning the Fossil Fuel Battle in Small-Town CaliforniaIngrid Brostrom and Caroline FarrellChapter 20: Social Movements, Industries, and Renewable EnergyIon Bogdan Vasi Chapter 21: Refugees, Displaced Persons, or Economic Migrants? Climate-Related Migration and Implications for Migration Classificatory SystemsNicholas Tinoco and Cecilia MenjívarPart III: Institutionalized Climate Action I: Climate Action PlanningChapter 22: Climate Action Planning in International PerspectiveBenjamin LeffelChapter 23: Green Energy Transitions as Climate Action?Kathryn HochstetlerChapter 24: Toward Gender and Climate Justice: Women, Climate Action Projects for Accelerated Transition, and Transformative Change in the Global South Joyee Shairee Chatterjee, Sirayuth Thongprasert, Parimita Mohanty, and Joyashree RoyChapter 25: Climate Diplomacy: Why It Remains So IntractableMizan R. Khan and Farhana R. KhanChapter 26: Climate Change Actions in the Sahel: A Look at Past Actions and Future Nature-Based SolutionsTerence Epule Epule and Vincent PoirierChapter 27: New Possibilities for Climate Action in East Asia? The Role of Non-State Actors in China, South Korea, and JapanYoungmin Oh and David A. SonnenfeldChapter 28: Climate Planning across Latin America Aldo Madariaga, Antoine Maillet, and Daniela TapiaChapter 29: Climate Action in Central AsiaNygmet Ibadildin and Jamilya UkudeevaChapter 30: Subnational Climate Policy Action in the United States and Canada: Past Progress and Future InsufficiencyJoshua A. BassechesChapter 31: Climate Action in the Frame of the European Green Deal Jale TosunPart IV: Institutionalized Climate Action II: The Search for AlternativesChapter 32: Carbon Capture and Storage as Climate ActionXiaoliang YangChapter 33: The Challenges and Opportunities of Landscape Restoration in Latin AmericaFrancisco S. ÁlvarezChapter 34: Labor and Just TransitionsJasmine Kerrissey and Victoria CoonChapter 35: Youth Climate Action and Education: Children's Rights and Epistemic JusticeCarrie KarsgaardChapter 36: Enacting Transboundary Hydrocommons as a Pathway to Climate ActionAinhoa MontoyaPart V: The Obstacles and Limits to Climate Action and the Road AheadChapter 37: Limits of Climate Action in the Gulf PetrostatesAisha Al-SarihiChapter 38: Climate Change DenialDéborah Barros Leal FariasChapter 39: The Future of Climate ActionPaul Almeida
