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Climate catastrophe throws into stark relief the extreme,
life-threatening inequalities that affect millions of lives
worldwide. The poorest and most marginalized, who are least
responsible for the consumption and emissions that create climate
change, are the first and hardest impacted, and the least able to
protect themselves. Climate justice is simultaneously a movement,
an academic field, an organizing principle, and a political demand.
Building climate justice is a matter of life and death.Climate
Justice and Participatory Research offers ideas and inspiration for
climate justice through the creation of research, knowledge, and
livelihood commons and community-based climate resilience. It
brings together articulations of the what, why, and how of climate
justice through the voices of energetic and motivated
scholar-activists who are building alliances across Latin America,
Africa, and Canada. Exemplifying socio-ecological transformation
through equitable public engagement, these scholars, climate
activists, community educators, and teachers come together to share
their stories of participatory research and collective action.
Grounded in experience and processes that are currently underway,
Climate Justice and Participatory Research explores the value of
common assets, collective action, environmental protection, and
equitable partnerships between local community experts and academic
allies. It demonstrates the negative effects of climate-related
actions that run roughshod over local communities’ interests and
wellbeing, and acknowledges the myriad challenges of participatory
research. This is a work committed to the practical work of
transforming socio-economies from situations of vulnerability to
collective wellbeing.
In the coming decades, countries around the world will face
increasingly severe challenges related to global climate change.
While the details vary from country to country, the impacts will be
especially grave for marginalized people, whose access to food,
potable water, and safe shelter may be threatened due to
fluctuations in rainfall and temperature, and to extreme weather
events. Because weather extremes are the main way that climate
change manifests itself, water governance is a crucial aspect of
climate change resilience. Following an overview of the ways
climate change is affecting three cities in Africa, Water and
Climate Change in Africa: Challenges and Community Initiatives in
Durban, Maputo and Nairobi discusses the equity and climate justice
implications, and then gives examples of ways in which a range of
local community organizations are extending their current
activities to address these challenges through innovative new
programs and initiatives at the grassroots. This approach has
implications for communities worldwide; it is a process of building
on existing organizations' aptitudes and strengths in the light of
local knowledge of climate challenges, and creating partnerships to
build equity-enhancing new methods of protecting people's
subsistence. This book should be of interest to climate change
scholars, activists and policy-makers, as well as development
studies researchers and practitioners.
In the coming decades, countries around the world will face
increasingly severe challenges related to global climate change.
While the details vary from country to country, the impacts will be
especially grave for marginalized people, whose access to food,
potable water, and safe shelter may be threatened due to
fluctuations in rainfall and temperature, and to extreme weather
events. Because weather extremes are the main way that climate
change manifests itself, water governance is a crucial aspect of
climate change resilience. Following an overview of the ways
climate change is affecting three cities in Africa, Water and
Climate Change in Africa: Challenges and Community Initiatives in
Durban, Maputo and Nairobi discusses the equity and climate justice
implications, and then gives examples of ways in which a range of
local community organizations are extending their current
activities to address these challenges through innovative new
programs and initiatives at the grassroots. This approach has
implications for communities worldwide; it is a process of building
on existing organizations' aptitudes and strengths in the light of
local knowledge of climate challenges, and creating partnerships to
build equity-enhancing new methods of protecting people's
subsistence. This book should be of interest to climate change
scholars, activists and policy-makers, as well as development
studies researchers and practitioners.
This book will inspire and spark grassroots action to address the
inequitable impacts of climate change, by showing how this can be
tackled and the many benefits of doing so. With contributions from
climate activists and engaged young authors, this volume explores
the many ways in which people are proactively working to advance
climate justice. The book pays special attention to Canada and the
Great Lakes watershed, showing how the effects of climate change
span local, regional, and global scales through the impact of
extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, with related
economic and social effects that cross political jurisdictions.
Examining examples of local-level activism that include organizing
for climate-resilient and equitable communities, the dynamic
leadership of Indigenous peoples (especially women) for water and
land protection, and diaspora networking, Local Activism for Global
Climate Justice also provides theoretical perspectives on how
individual action relates to broader social and political
processes. Showcasing a diverse range of inspirational and
thought-provoking case studies, this book will be of great interest
to students and scholars of climate justice, climate change policy,
climate ethics, and global environmental governance, as well as
teachers and climate activists.
This book will inspire and spark grassroots action to address the
inequitable impacts of climate change, by showing how this can be
tackled and the many benefits of doing so. With contributions from
climate activists and engaged young authors, this volume explores
the many ways in which people are proactively working to advance
climate justice. The book pays special attention to Canada and the
Great Lakes watershed, showing how the effects of climate change
span local, regional, and global scales through the impact of
extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, with related
economic and social effects that cross political jurisdictions.
Examining examples of local-level activism that include organizing
for climate-resilient and equitable communities, the dynamic
leadership of Indigenous peoples (especially women) for water and
land protection, and diaspora networking, Local Activism for Global
Climate Justice also provides theoretical perspectives on how
individual action relates to broader social and political
processes. Showcasing a diverse range of inspirational and
thought-provoking case studies, this book will be of great interest
to students and scholars of climate justice, climate change policy,
climate ethics, and global environmental governance, as well as
teachers and climate activists.
Climate catastrophe throws into stark relief the extreme,
life-threatening inequalities that affect millions of lives
worldwide. The poorest and most marginalized, who are least
responsible for the consumption and emissions that create climate
change, are the first and hardest impacted, and the least able to
protect themselves. Climate justice is simultaneously a movement,
an academic field, an organizing principle, and a political demand.
Building climate justice is a matter of life and death.Climate
Justice and Participatory Research offers ideas and inspiration for
climate justice through the creation of research, knowledge, and
livelihood commons and community-based climate resilience. It
brings together articulations of the what, why, and how of climate
justice through the voices of energetic and motivated
scholar-activists who are building alliances across Latin America,
Africa, and Canada. Exemplifying socio-ecological transformation
through equitable public engagement, these scholars, climate
activists, community educators, and teachers come together to share
their stories of participatory research and collective action.
Grounded in experience and processes that are currently underway,
Climate Justice and Participatory Research explores the value of
common assets, collective action, environmental protection, and
equitable partnerships between local community experts and academic
allies. It demonstrates the negative effects of climate-related
actions that run roughshod over local communities' interests and
wellbeing, and acknowledges the myriad challenges of participatory
research. This is a work committed to the practical work of
transforming socio-economies from situations of vulnerability to
collective wellbeing.
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