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‘1.5°C to stay alive’: climate change, imperialism and justice for the Caribbean

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Sealey-Huggins, Leon (2017) ‘1.5°C to stay alive’: climate change, imperialism and justice for the Caribbean. Third World Quarterly, 38 (11). 2444-2463 . doi:10.1080/01436597.2017.1368013

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2017.1368013

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Abstract

Treating the threat of climate change in the Caribbean as a case study instructive for responses globally, this article examines the social and political relations of climate change. It argues for an analysis taking into account the ways in which the histories of imperialism and colonialism have shaped contemporary global ‘development’ pathways. The article charts how Caribbean vulnerability to temperature rises of more than 1.5°C of warming comprise an existential threat structured by contemporary social relations that are imperialist in character. Hope can be taken from a politics of climate justice which acknowledges the climate debts owed to the region.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General)
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Global Sustainable Development
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Climatic changes, Climatic changes--Caribbean Area, Caribbean Area--Environmental conditions, Global warming--Caribbean Area
Journal or Publication Title: Third World Quarterly
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 0143-6597
Official Date: 8 September 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
8 September 2017Published
13 August 2017Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 16 August 2017
Volume: 38
Number: 11
Page Range: 2444-2463
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1368013
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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