Commoning and climate justice
Abstract
Commoning represents a dynamic and emergent means of risk-reduction and
livelihood provision which can address the shortcomings of both market and state-oriented
economic systems -- increasingly relevant as climate change threatens human subsistence
worldwide. This paper brings together international examples of responses to climate-related
threats that are collective (not privatizing), to provide preliminary empirical evidence about how
and in what circumstances people may develop equitable communal institutions rather than ones
that worsen community fragmentation. The examples include traditional and new forms of
commons which help to meet local subsistence needs and develop communities’ social, political
and economic resilience in the face of climate change, exploring how climate justice --
improving the local and global equity of climate change impacts and processes – can advance in
parallel with commons development.
livelihood provision which can address the shortcomings of both market and state-oriented
economic systems -- increasingly relevant as climate change threatens human subsistence
worldwide. This paper brings together international examples of responses to climate-related
threats that are collective (not privatizing), to provide preliminary empirical evidence about how
and in what circumstances people may develop equitable communal institutions rather than ones
that worsen community fragmentation. The examples include traditional and new forms of
commons which help to meet local subsistence needs and develop communities’ social, political
and economic resilience in the face of climate change, exploring how climate justice --
improving the local and global equity of climate change impacts and processes – can advance in
parallel with commons development.
Citation
“Commoning and climate justice,” in Making commons dynamic: Understanding change through commonisation and decommonisation, edited by Prateep Nayak, (Routledge Studies in Environment, Culture, and Society Series), submitted April 2018.Collections
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