Racial capitalism, climate justice, and climate displacement
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Climate change, climate justice, climate refugees, climate displacement, racial capitalism, Cambio climático, justicia climática, refugiados climáticos, desplazamiento climático, capitalismo racialAbstract
This article expands our understanding of climate justice by demonstrating how racial subordination, environmental degradation, and the fossil fuel-based capitalist world economy are interrelated. It uses these insights to critique the emerging legal and policy responses to climate change-induced displacement and to examine alternative approaches emerging from climate-vulnerable states and peoples. The article argues that racialized communities all over the world have borne the brunt of carbon capitalism from cradle (extraction of fossil fuels) to grave (climate change) and that a race-conscious analysis of climate change and climate displacement can reveal the commonalities among seemingly distinct forms of oppression in order to forge the alliances necessary to achieve just and emancipatory outcomes.Este artículo amplía nuestra comprensión de la justicia climática al demostrar cómo la subordinación racial, la degradación medioambiental y la economía mundial capitalista basada en los combustibles fósiles están relacionados entre sí. Se parte de estos enfoques para criticar las respuestas emergentes de tipo jurídico y político al desplazamiento provocado por el cambio climático y para analizar abordajes alternativos provenientes de estados y pueblos vulnerables por el clima. El artículo argumenta que las sociedades racializadas de todo el mundo son las mayores damnificadas por el capitalismo basado en el carbón, desde la cuna (extracción de combustibles fósiles) hasta la tumba (cambio climático) y que un análisis del cambio climático y del desplazamiento subsiguiente que tenga en cuenta la raza revela las características comunes de formas aparentemente distintas de opresión, de cara a forjar las alianzas necesarias para conseguir resultados justos y emancipatorios.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1137
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