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This book turns critical feminist scrutiny on national climate policies in India and examines what transition might really mean for marginalized groups in the country.
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction Seema Arora-Jonsson, Kavya Michael and Manish Kumar Shrivastava Part 1: Peace, Justice and strong institutions Climate Diplomacy, Just Transitions, and Gender Mainstreaming: India's Experiences Dhanasree Jayaram and Shirin Choudhary Gender and India's Climate Policy: Bridging the Disconnects Manish Kumar Shrivastava, Seema Arora-Jonsson and Kavya Michael Voices from the field: Working for a just climate in India Seema Arora-Jonsson with Srestha Banerjee, Shloka Nath, Kalyani Raj, R.R. Rashmi, Ginny Shrivastava, Kavya Michael, and Manish Kumar Shrivastava Commentary Making the Change Possible Jayati Ghosh Part 2: 'No jobs on a dead planet': Life on land and forestsHow just is the transition to organic farming from a gender lens?Aditi Kapoor Adivasi and Forest Feminism: The path to Just Transitions through the Forest Rights Act S
anghamitra Dubey and Astha Saxena Coal over forests, displacement over community rights?: Lessons for a just climate future from forest-dwelling communities in Hasdeo Aranya Ruchira Talukdar Commentary9 Transitions, policy, and implementation through a feminist lensEdward R. CarrPart 3: Clean and Affordable energy - for whom and at what cost?Negotiating a just transition: the case of utility-scale solar in semi-arid southern India Uttara Narayan, Vishwajeet Poojary, Tarul Jain and Ulka KelkarLow-carbon development and women entrepreneurs: A case study of fly-ash brick industry in Bihar Gitika Goswami, Manish Kumar Shrivastava, Ria Sinha and Alpana Gupta Engendering the energy value chain: Evidence from India Mini Govindan, Rashmi Murali and Dhairya Dholak Barriers and Enablers of Gender Just Climate Action: Examples from India Kavya Michael Commentary Energy Alternatives - A view from the global North Susan Buckingham Epilogue Engendering Sustainability Transitions - A Prerequisite for a Just Society
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About the author
Seema Arora-Jonsson is Professor in Rural Development at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. She works with feminist thinking and questions of sustainability and justice in environmental governance, climate politics and rural development both in the Global South and Global North.
Kavya Michael is an environmental- social scientist at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Her research broadly examines environmental change and energy- related issues through a human rights and justice lens. She studies the multiple intersections of climate change, urban- inequality, informality, and inter and intra- regional migration with a focus on the Global South.
Manish Kumar Shrivastava is a senior fellow at the Earth Sciences and Climate Change Division, TERI. His current research explores low-carbon transition in India from the perspectives of MSMEs, finance, gender justice, role of sub- national and non- state actors, and relevance of frugality in technological choices and governance for sustainability.
