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Author(s): | Jesus, M. F. Barnes, B. Diniz, R. F. |
Date: | 2020 |
Title: | Communities reclaiming power and social justice in the face of climate change |
Volume: | 6 |
Number: | 2/2 |
Pages: | 1 - 21 |
ISSN: | 2421-2113 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.1285/i24212113v6i2-2p1 |
Keywords: | Climate change Social justice Power Decolonising methodologies Global South |
Abstract: | As the climate crisis accelerates and disproportionately affects marginalised communities and countries in the global South, the need for power and social justice approaches is particularly important. Community psychology, with a long interest in the impacts of power discrepancies on the well-being of groups and communities, can offer theoretical and practical tools for addressing climate change and environmental problems without reproducing or intensifying existing inequalities and injustices. This special issue looks at communities’ struggles for climate and environmental justice by focusing on how they resist, contest and overcome power inequalities. The issue consists of one perspective and six empirical articles. Most contributions come from high climate vulnerable countries and regions in the global South. Authors address current and relevant environmental and climate change issues such as renewable energy and natural resource extraction, social transformations and extreme weather events, the links between poverty, rurality and climate change, youth empowerment, and racism in climate activism. Inspired by their contributions, community psychology approaches and interdisciplinary research on environmental and climate justice, we discuss a research and intervention agenda for a community psychology of climate change. |
Peerreviewed: | yes |
Access type: | Open Access |
Appears in Collections: | CIES-RI - Artigos em revistas científicas internacionais com arbitragem científica |
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