Climate Justice, the Global South, and Policy Preferences of Kenyan Environmental NGOs

Negotiations for a global agreement to address climate change have often pitted the nations of the heavily industrialized Global North against the nations of the developing Global South. The Global North has tended to emphasize the common responsibilities of all nations to reduce emissions while nations of the Global South have tended to place more emphasis on the differentiated responsibilities. The Global North-South negotiating positions are derived from the inequality in: the historical and current emissions of greenhouse gasses, the emerging consequences of climate change, and the geo-political negotiating power between nation-states. However, these broad sweeping categories miss diverse goals and policy preferences among civil society actors within nations. Through in-depth, in-person interviews, this research documents the surprisingly strong presence of Global North policy preferences among the field of Kenyan environmental NGOs – a field that is significantly divided among the “climate justice” policy priorities strongly associated with nations of the Global South and “emissions reductions for all” priorities associated with nations the Global North. Qualitative data captures the rationale of KENGOs for the respective policy script preferences. Utilizing the nation-state as a unit of analysis would miss this variation among civil society actors within the Global South, variation that demonstrates the complex interaction between the diffusion of global policies and domestic social contexts.

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Book review: Puaschunder, J. 2020: Governance & Climate Justice: Global South & Developing Nations

Progress in Development Studies ◽

10.1177/14649934211051034 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 146499342110510

Author(s):

Jongeun You

Keyword(s):

Global South ◽

Developing Nations ◽

Climate Justice

Puaschunder, J. 2020: Governance & Climate Justice: Global South & Developing Nations. Palgrave Macmillan. 312 pp., Ä77.99. ISBN: 978-3-319-63280-3 (Hardcover). 10.1007/978-3-319-63281-0

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Introduction: Community Practices and Climate Justice—A Global South Perspective in the Face of Climate Emergency

10.1007/978-3-030-81622-3_1 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Pedro Henrique Campello Torres ◽

Pedro Roberto Jacobi

Keyword(s):

Global South ◽

Climate Justice ◽

The Face

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Pathways to urban transformation: From dispossession to climate justice

Progress in Human Geography ◽

10.1177/0309132520962856 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 030913252096285 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Karen Paiva Henrique ◽

Petra Tschakert

Keyword(s):

Climate Adaptation ◽

Global South ◽

Status Quo ◽

Urban Transformation ◽

Climate Justice ◽

Climatic Extremes ◽

The Poor ◽

The Status

Cities in the Global South are quintessential sites for climate adaptation; many are rapidly expanding, struggle with increasing inequalities and experience unprecedented harm from climatic extremes. Despite scholarly recognition that adaptation pathways should reduce multidimensional vulnerabilities and inequalities, current adaptation efforts largely preserve the status quo. Many benefit powerful actors while further entrenching the poor and disadvantaged in cycles of dispossession. We bring together scholarship on adaptation pathways, politics and practice to deconstruct adaptation trajectories. We propose three conceptual steps – acknowledging injustices, embracing deliberation and nurturing responsibility for human and more-than-human others – to chart inclusive pathways towards just climate futures.

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Community Practices and Climate Justice from the Global South: Synthesis and Ways Forward

10.1007/978-3-030-81622-3_7 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 109-113

Author(s):

Pedro Roberto Jacobi ◽

Pedro Henrique Campello Torres

Keyword(s):

Global South ◽

Climate Justice

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How do community responses from global south contribute to climate justice and resilience debate?

Ambiente & sociedade ◽

10.1590/1809-4422asoc20210148vu2021l5rs ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

Author(s):

Fabiana Barbi Seleguim

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Water Contamination ◽

Solomon Islands ◽

Global South ◽

Community Response ◽

Climate Justice ◽

Community Responses ◽

The Face ◽

Multi Stakeholder

Abstract “Towards a just climate change resilience: Developing resilient, anticipatory and inclusive community response” fills an important gap in literature about climate justice and community responses by focusing its lenses in the global south. Designedly, the chapters cover the issue in all the continents where territories and their populations are located in the global south: Brazil and Uruguay (South America), Bangladesh (Asia), Mozambique (Africa) and Solomon Islands (Oceania). The biggest lesson learned from the cases is that strengthening the role of communities and multi-stakeholder coalitions is essential to reduce the injustices and inequalities inherent in anthropogenic climate change, in the face of deforestation, water contamination, declining catches, political instabilities and other economic impacts.

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