Citizenship and social transformation: New discourses and action against climate change

Authors

  • Carme Melo Escrihuela University of Valencia (Spain).

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https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.12.18958

Keywords:

climate change, pandemic, ecological citizenship, politics, social transformation

Abstract

Climate change has been at the centre of the environmental debate for three decades. Despite international agreements, humanity has not been able to stop the global increase in temperature. The coronavirus crisis has relegated the climate emergency debate to the background, although the connections between climate change and the pandemic prove that we have many reasons to act to mitigate climate change. Public policies have favoured regulations, market instruments, and modernisation strategies that consolidate a sort of green capitalism that aggravates and depoliticises the problem. However, the fight against climate change needs an innovative approach based on citizen politics and social transformation.

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Author Biography

Carme Melo Escrihuela, University of Valencia (Spain).

Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Valencia (Spain). She holds a PhD in Political Science from Keele University (UK) and specialises in the field of green political theory and environmental policy. Her most recent work focuses on the environmental conflicts, as well as public policies and social practices, related to the agrifood system, especially in the periurban area around the city of Valencia.

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2022-02-02

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Melo Escrihuela, C. (2022). Citizenship and social transformation: New discourses and action against climate change. Metode Science Studies Journal, (12), 137–141. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.12.18958
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