Climate Change in Africa

The volume questions dominant political approaches and key concepts in the climate debate. It explains how the effects of climate change are linked to existing social, economic and political-institutional structures and action by the state. It shows how social movements in Africa shape climate policy «from below».

This volume deals with the consequences of climate change and issues of international climate policy relating to Africa from a social science perspective. The contributions by international authors question dominant political approaches and key concepts of the climate debate. They explain how the effects of climate change are linked to existing social, economic and political-institutional structures and action by the State. The authors show how social movements in Africa shape climate policy «from below». The volume serves as an introduction into climate change in Africa. It wants to stimulate a critical debate on dominant strategies and points out that there can be no simple answers to the complex socio-ecological and political challenges linked to climate change in Africa.

Autorentext

Kristina Dietz and Bettina Engels are joint directors of the Junior Research Group «Global Change and Local Conflicts? Conflicts over Land in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa in the Context of Interdependent Transformation Processes» at Freie Universität Berlin.

Inhalt

Climate change Environmental justice Democracy Natural resources Social movements Africa