ABSTRACT
The accelerating disruption of the Earth’s climate systems is a defining problem of our time, threatening the integrity of the biosphere and human communities alike. The limitations of international climate diplomacy, along with the persistent political hegemony of fossil fuel interests in many countries, have spurred an emerging global movement for climate justice, mainly rooted in communities that bear disproportionate impacts from climate change. This tendency also supports a trend toward local and regional solutions, bolstered by emerging movements for enhanced political and economic democracy. This chapter considers how the imperative for immediate climate action and the ethical agenda of climate justice are furthered by movements for local alternatives and considers several challenges these movements currently face.
