Effective Strategies to Combat Inequality in Environmental and Climate Justice

Ard, Kerry

We invite submissions for research papers that explore and analyze effective policies and practices aimed at addressing inequality in the realms of environmental and climate justice. While substantial research has documented pervasive inequalities in these areas, there is a pressing need to shift focus toward identifying and understanding what works in mitigating these disparities.

The objective of this call for papers is to gather scholarly contributions that provide evidence-based insights into policies and practices that have successfully addressed inequalities. We welcome papers that cover a range of topics, including effective policies in reducing environmental inequality, case studies on successful climate justice interventions, comparative analyses of environmental justice policies across different regions, the impact of community-led initiatives on climate justice, and the role of government and non-governmental organizations in promoting environmental equity. We are particularly interested in papers that address an ongoing debate in the environmental and climate justice literature: to what extent should activists work within the state to make change?

We emphasize the importance of taking an intersectional approach to understand the multifaceted nature of inequality in the Anthropocene. Submissions should consider how different axes of identity and power, such as race, gender, class, and geography, interact to shape experiences and outcomes. By focusing on solutions-oriented research, we hope to encourage work that will advance our understanding of effective strategies to combat inequality in environmental and climate justice.

Session Organizers:

Kerry ARD, 420A Kottman Hall, USA and Riley DUNLAP, Oklahoma State University, USA

Oral Presentations

Against ‘Historical Injustice’: Studying the Implementation of the Forest Rights Act (2006) in Post-Colonial Eastern India
Suchisree CHATTERJEE, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India

Moving Ethnography into Advocacy: Comparative Case Studies of Environmental and Climate Justice Work in California and Louisiana
Prerna SRIGYAN, USA; Margaux FISHER, University of California, Irvine, USA; Margaret TEBBE, University of California, Irvine, USA; Nadine TANIO, USA

Energy Saving in Low-Income Households: Synergy or Misery for Climate Justice Objectives?
Felicitas RIEDEL, Heidelberg University, Germany; Kathia SERRANO VELARDE, Heidelberg University, Germany; Britta HEDDERICH, Heidelberg University, Germany

Expanding Feasibility: Public-NGO Partnerships in Designing and Implementing Disaster Management Plans in Southern Malawi
Shahar LIVNE, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; Matamando MWENDERA, Partners in Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo, Neno, Malawi; Stellar CHIBVUNDE, Partners in Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo, Neno, Malawi; Moses BANDA ARON, Partners in Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo, Neno, Malawi; Fabian MUNYANEZA, Partners in Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo, Neno, Malawi; Nadav DAVIDOVICH, Department of Health Systems' Management Ben-Gurion University, Israel; Anat ROSENTHAL, Department of Health Systems Management, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, Israel

Interrogating Environmental Justice in the Cities of the Global South: Locally-Led Climate Adaptation for Building Community Resilience
Emma PORIO, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

Power in International Climate Governance: Food Systems and Sovereignty in Vanuatu
Amy BENTLEY, Syracuse University, USA

Distributed Papers

Reimagining Urban Ecologies: An Ethnographic Study of Climate-Justice Activism in Seattle
Monika PAREEK, Florida State University, USA

Integrating Islamic Values in Climate Change Adaptation: The Role of Non-State Actors in Terengganu, Malaysia
Liyana YAMIN, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan; Ting-Chun KUO, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

Citizen Imaginaries of Democratic Innovations for Inclusive Sustainability Governance
Ines SOBRAL CAMPOS, Faculty of Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Petteri REPO, Centre for Consumer Society Research, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, Finland; Limão JOÃO, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Vanessa BUTH, University of Münster Institute for Political Science, Germany; Eugenio BARCHIESI, Kyoto Club, Italy; Sandra OLIVEIRA, cE3c / FCUL - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Doris FUCHS, University of Münster Institute for Political Science, Germany

Solidary Kitchens and Community Gardens: Commoning Practices of Care in Urban Places
Renata MOTTA, Heidelberg Universität, Germany; Maria TROMBINI, Instituto Iguarapé, Brazil

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