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Citizenship and social transformation: New discourses and action against climate change

Carme Melo Escrihuela

Abstract


Climate change has been at the centre of the environmental debate for three decades. Despite international agreements, humanity has not been able to stop the global increase in temperature. The coronavirus crisis has relegated the climate emergency debate to the background, although the connections between climate change and the pandemic prove that we have many reasons to act to mitigate climate change. Public policies have favoured regulations, market instruments, and modernisation strategies that consolidate a sort of green capitalism that aggravates and depoliticises the problem. However, the fight against climate change needs an innovative approach based on citizen politics and social transformation.

Keywords


climate change; pandemic; ecological citizenship; politics; social transformation

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.12.18958

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