Climate Futures: Reimagining Global Climate Justice

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Approaching the issues of climate change and climate justice from a range of diverse perspectives including those of culture, gender, indigeneity, race, and sexuality, as well as challenging colonial histories and capitalist presents, Climate Futures boldly addresses the apparent inevitability of climate chaos. Seeking better explanations of the underlying causes and consequences of climate change, and mapping strategies toward a better future, or at a minimum, the most likely best-case world that we can get to, this book envisions planetary social movements robust enough to spark the necessary changes needed to achieve deeply sustainable and just economic, social, and political policies and practices. Bringing together insights from interdisciplinary scholars, policymakers, creatives and activists, Climate Futures argues for the need to get past us-and-them divides and acknowledge how lives of creatures far and near, human and non-human, are interconnected.

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This book should be required reading for anyone who is serious about meeting these challenges through means that are both equitable and just to the most vulnerable among us. * Eurasian Geography and Economics *
This book is an essential piece for academia, policymakers, lawyers, economists and scientists working on climate action. ... There are unique suggestions in the book for climate justice from diverse perspectives that comprehensively challenge the global economic order. * Progress in Development Studies *

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Kum-Kum Bhavnani is professor of sociology, global studies and feminist studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. John Foran is professor of sociology and environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Priya A. Kurian is professor of political science and public policy at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Debashish Munshi is professor of management communication at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.