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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
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 | ||||||
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| Subjects: | F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences Q Science > QC Physics |
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 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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