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Book SynopsisWhat are the democratic requirements for effective climate action? how can âclimate democracyâ be conceptualised?
Liberal democracies emerged on the back of fossil fuels, creating what Tim Mitchell called âcarbon democracyâ. Three decades of climate policy have affirmed the controlling influence of fossil fuel interests. Runaway climate change now threatens the very foundations of social life. Today we face a very clear democratic question, of whether the fossil fuel sector has the right to determine the planetâs climate future. Achieving global energy transformation at the scope and scale needed requires a democratic transformation, to overcome the stranglehold. This book examines these requirements. It debates the political constituencies, agendas and institutions that are emerging from climate crisis, comparing evidence of emergent themes. New claims are emerging, for âgreen dealsâ, âclimate justiceâ, âenergy justiceâ, âenergy democracyâ and âde-growthâ, reflecting a new in
