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In Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground, an international team of well-established scholars and early career researchers takes a global perspective to demonstrate the challenges and possibilities of reaching this goal. They pay special attention to Africa and Latin America, with case studies on South Africa and Ecuador.
List of contents
Foreword and Acknowledgements, 1. Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground, 2. Analytical framework: Inclusive development, justice and energy transition, 3. Socio-environmental movements and LFFU: Framing, tactics and court cases, 4. Latin America, Ecuador and social mobilisation for LFFU, 5. South Africa and the political economy of fossil fuels: Rationales for LFFU, 6. South Africa and social mobilisation for LFFU, 7. Finance and LFFU, 8. Supply-side and institutional mechanisms for LFFU, 9. Phasing out fossil fuels: Synergies and trade-offs
About the author
Joyeeta Gupta is Professor of Environment and Development in the Global South at the University of Amsterdam, co-chair of the Earth Commission, Spinoza prize winner and editor-in-chief of
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. Barbara Hogenboom is Professor of Latin American Studies and director of the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) at the University of Amsterdam, and editor-in-chief of
European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (ERLACS). Arthur Rempel holds a PhD in International Development Studies from the University of Amsterdam, with a research focus on fossil fuel governance and the climate emergency. Malin Olofsson holds a PhD in International Development Studies from the University of Amsterdam, and works as a researcher and knowledge broker in the field of inclusive development.
