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Explains the justice implications for the society and economy of a global climate hotspot. It synthesizes the historical, social, economic, and political roots of climate vulnerability in India and articulates a research and policy agenda for collective democratic deliberations and action. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
List of contents
List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction Prakash Kashwan; 2. Urban Climate Justice Eric Chu and Kavya Michael; 3. How Just and Democratic is India's Solar Energy Transition? An Analysis of State Solar Policies in India Karnamadakala Rahul Sharma and Parth Bhatia; 4. Extractive Regimes in the Coal Heartlands of India: Difficult Questions for a Just Energy Transition Vasudha Chhotray; 5. Climate Justice Implications of the Relationship between Economic Inequality and Carbon Emissions in India Haimanti Bhattacharya; 6. Evaluating India's National and State Climate Action Plans through a Climate Justice Lens Arpitha Kodiveri and Rishiraj Sen; 7. Environmental Social Movements: Lessons for Climate Justice in India Prakash Kashwan; 8. Caste Justice is Climate Justice Srilata Sirkar; 9. Water Justice at the Intersections of Gender, Caste, and Climate Change Vaishnavi Behl and Prakash Kashwan; 10. Realizing Climate Justice Through Agroecology and Women's Collective Land Rights Ashlesha Khadse and Kavita Srinivasan; 11. Conclusion: Pathways to Policies and Praxis of Climate Justice in India Prakash Kashwan and Eric Chu; Index.
About the author
Prakash Kashwan is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. At the time of preparation of this volume, he was Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of Democracy in the Woods (Oxford University Press, 2017), an editor of the journal Environmental Politics, and Co-founder of the Climate Justice Network.
Summary
Explains the justice implications for the society and economy of a global climate hotspot. It synthesizes the historical, social, economic, and political roots of climate vulnerability in India and articulates a research and policy agenda for collective democratic deliberations and action. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
Foreword
Academics, activists, and artists offer historically and socially grounded perspectives on climate justice in Indian society and politics.
