1. Environmental justice and climate justice: the slow road but no return, towards just sustainable development
- Author
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Jordi Ortega and Mercedes Pardo Buendía
- Subjects
Justicia climática ,Climate justice ,Ecological debt ,Democratic citizenship ,Context (language use) ,Paris Agreement ,Fair sustainability ,Political science ,Justicia ambiental ,Sostenibilidad justa ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Deuda ecológica ,Acuerdo de París ,Environmental justice ,Sociología ,Humanities ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
espanolEn este articulo se identifican los diversos y diferentes aspectos del concepto politico y sociologico de Justicia Climatica, partiendo del clima como bien comun y global, y del contexto socio-politico del cambio climatico como asunto que tiene que ver con una ciudadania democratica. Se conecta con su origen en la Justicia Ambiental, asi como con la agenda mas amplia del desarrollo sostenible, que pasa por el abandono de los combustibles fosiles. Pasamos entonces a abordar la cuestion de la responsabilidad comun pero diferenciada en la lucha contra el cambio climatico, asi como su naturaleza multifacetica y multiescala. Todo ello concluye en la conexion de la justicia climatica con un desarrollo sostenible fuerte, que de como resultado un nuevo paradigma de Sostenibilidad Justa como propuesta mas integral del desarrollo de las sociedades. EnglishThis paper identifies the diverse and different aspects of the political and sociological concept of Climate Justice, starting from the climate as a common and global good, and from the socio-political context of climate change as an issue that has to do with a democratic citizenship. It connects with its origin in Environmental Justice, as well as with the broader agenda of sustainable development that passes through the abandonment of fossil fuels. We then turn to the question of common but differentiated responsibility in the fight against climate change, as well as its multi-faceted and multiscale nature. All this concludes in the connection of climate justice with a strong sustainable development that results in a new paradigm of Just Sustainability as a more integral proposal for the development of societies.
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- 2018