1st Edition

Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground Actors, Arguments and Approaches in the Global South and Global North

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

How can the world move away from a century-old global system based on fossil fuels? And how can societies in the Global South and Global North overcome the deeply vested economic, financial and political interests of the fossil fuel system? Despite the alarming effects of climate change and three decades of international climate negotiations, industrialized countries continue to exploit new fossil... Read more
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

Biography

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.