Climate Action Upsurge

In the late 2000s climate action became a defining feature of the international political agenda. This book offers an insight into this important period in climate movement politics, drawing on the perspectives of activists who were directly engaged in the mobilisation process. Through the interpretation of these perspectives the book illustrates important lessons for the climate movement today.

Autorentext

Stuart Rosewarne is Associate Professor in Political Economy at the University of Sydney, Australia.

James Goodman is Associate Professor in the Social and Political Change Group at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Rebecca Pearse is a Doctoral Candidate at School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, and Research Associate at the Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Climate crisis: Ethnography of a moment of possibility 2. Climate Pragmatism 3. Climate Movement: 2007-2010 4. Climate Motivations 5. Hopes 6. Strategies Direct Action 7. Alternatives and Policies