ABSTRACT
The term "climate justice" began to gain traction in the late 1990s following a wide range of activities by social and environmental justice movements that emerged in response to the operations of the fossil fuel industry and, later, to what their members saw as the failed global climate governance model that became so transparent at COP15 in Copenhagen. The term continues to gain momentum in discussions around sustainable development, climate change, mitigation and adaptation, and has been slowly making its way into the world of international and national policy. However, the connections between these remain unestablished.
Addressing the need for a comprehensive and integrated reference compendium, The Routledge Handbook of Climate Justice provides students, academics and professionals with a valuable insight into this fast-growing field. Drawing together a multidisciplinary range of authors from the Global North and South, this Handbook addresses some of the most salient topics in current climate justice research, including just transition, urban climate justice and public engagement, in addition to the field’s more traditional focus on gender, international governance and climate ethics. With an emphasis on facilitating learning based on cutting-edge specialised climate justice research and application, each chapter draws from the most recent sources, real-world best practices and tutored reflections on the strategic dimensions of climate justice and its related disciplines.
The Routledge Handbook of Climate Justice will be essential reading for students and scholars, as well as being a vital reference tool for those practically engaged in the field.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|57 pages
Theories of climate justice
chapter 4|15 pages
Fact-insensitive thought experiments in climate ethics
part II|81 pages
Climate justice governance, policy and litigation
chapter 6|12 pages
Global political processes and the Paris Agreement
chapter 9|14 pages
Climate justice in the UK
chapter 11|11 pages
Leading from the bench
part III|57 pages
Climate justice, finance and business
chapter 14|11 pages
Carbon pricing and climate justice
part IV|67 pages
Just transition
chapter 16|11 pages
From the dirty past to the clean future
chapter 18|14 pages
Climate technology and climate justice
chapter 20|14 pages
Climate justice and REDD+
part V|70 pages
Urban Climate Justice
chapter 22|9 pages
Configuring climate responsibility in the city
chapter 23|14 pages
The shifting geographies of climate justice
chapter 25|17 pages
Thermal inequity
part VI|58 pages
Climate Justice and Gender
chapter 27|19 pages
“No climate justice without gender justice”
chapter 28|15 pages
A multiscale analysis of gender in climate change adaptation
chapter 29|12 pages
Participatory climate governance in Southeast Asia
part VII|60 pages
Climate justice movements and struggles
chapter 30|13 pages
“Climate change is about us”
chapter 31|11 pages
Mother Earth and climate justice
chapter 32|18 pages
Negotiating climate justice at the subnational scale
chapter 33|16 pages
Understanding the crises, uncovering root causes and envisioning the world(s) we want
part VIII|63 pages
Emerging areas in climate justice