Racial capitalism, climate justice, and climate displacement

TitleRacial capitalism, climate justice, and climate displacement
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsGonzalez, Carmen
JournalOƱati Socio-Legal Series
Volume11
Issue1
Pagination108-147
ISSN20795971
AbstractThis article expands our understanding of climate justice by demonstrating how racial subordination, environmental degradation, and the fossil fuel-based capitalist world economy are interrelated. It uses these insights to critique the emerging legal and policy responses to climate change-induced displacement and to examine alternative approaches emerging from climate-vulnerable states and peoples. The article argues that racialized communities all over the world have borne the brunt of carbon capitalism from cradle (extraction of fossil fuels) to grave (climate change) and that a race-conscious analysis of climate change and climate displacement can reveal the commonalities among seemingly distinct forms of oppression in order to forge the alliances necessary to achieve just and emancipatory outcomes.
URLhttp://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1214
DOI10.35295/OSLS.IISL/0000-0000-0000-1137
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