posted on 2024-09-05, 21:44authored byTor A. Benjaminsen, Hanne Svarstad, Iselin Shaw of Tordarroch
We argue that in order to achieve climate justice,
recognition needs to be given more attention in climate research,
discourse, and policies. Through the analysis of three examples,
we identify formal and discursive recognition as central types of
recognition in climate issues, and we show how powerful actors
exercise their power in ways that cause climate injustice through
formal and discursive misrecognition of poor and vulnerable
groups. The three examples discussed are climate mitigation
through forest conservation (REDD), the Great Green Wall
project in Sahel, and the narrative about climate change as a
contributing factor to the Syrian war.
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History
Publisher
Institute of Development Studies
Citation
Benjaminsen, T.A.; Svarstad, H. and Shaw of Tordarroch, I. (2021) ‘Recognising Recognition in Climate Justice’, IDS Bulletin, Online First, DOI: 10.19088/1968-2021.127