Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground

How can the world move away from a century-old global system based on fossil fuels? And how can societies in the Global South and Global North overcome the deeply vested economic, financial and political interests of the fossil fuel system? Despite the alarming effects of climate change and three de...

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description How can the world move away from a century-old global system based on fossil fuels? And how can societies in the Global South and Global North overcome the deeply vested economic, financial and political interests of the fossil fuel system? Despite the alarming effects of climate change and three decades of international climate negotiations, industrialized countries continue to exploit new fossil fuel reserves. Many countries in the Global South follow suit and still engage in large new fossil fuel projects and their related pollution, social injustice and debts. Increasingly, however, social and political actors are mobilising for leaving fossil fuels underground (LFFU). This book examines the role of key actors, arguments and approaches in promoting the much-needed rapid phase-out of fossil fuels. It addresses the importance of linking effective climate action to socially and ecologically inclusive development. In addition to local resistance, the book explores initiatives for national and international policies and financial mechanisms carried out by actors ranging from social movements to governments and large investors. In 'Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground', an international team of well-established scholars and early career researchers takes a global perspective to demonstrate the challenges and possibilities of reaching this goal. They pay special attention to Africa and Latin America, with case studies on South Africa and Ecuador.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1432942025-06-03T05:16:54Z Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground Gupta, Joyeeta Hogenboom, Barbara Rempel, Arthur Olofsson, Malin Fossil fuels, climate change, socio-environmental justice, inclusive development, energy transition thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNT Social impact of environmental issues thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFA Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TH Energy technology and engineering::THF Fossil fuel technologies How can the world move away from a century-old global system based on fossil fuels? And how can societies in the Global South and Global North overcome the deeply vested economic, financial and political interests of the fossil fuel system? Despite the alarming effects of climate change and three decades of international climate negotiations, industrialized countries continue to exploit new fossil fuel reserves. Many countries in the Global South follow suit and still engage in large new fossil fuel projects and their related pollution, social injustice and debts. Increasingly, however, social and political actors are mobilising for leaving fossil fuels underground (LFFU). This book examines the role of key actors, arguments and approaches in promoting the much-needed rapid phase-out of fossil fuels. It addresses the importance of linking effective climate action to socially and ecologically inclusive development. In addition to local resistance, the book explores initiatives for national and international policies and financial mechanisms carried out by actors ranging from social movements to governments and large investors. In 'Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground', an international team of well-established scholars and early career researchers takes a global perspective to demonstrate the challenges and possibilities of reaching this goal. They pay special attention to Africa and Latin America, with case studies on South Africa and Ecuador. 2024-08-27T04:31:55Z 2024-08-27T04:31:55Z 2024-08-26T12:45:27Z 2024 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/92876 9789048560370 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/143294 eng Liveable Futures open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/92876/1/9789048560387.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/92876/1/9789048560387.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/92876/1/9789048560387.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789048560370 10.5117/9789048560370 de2ecbe7-1037-4e96-8c3a-5a842d921e04 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek H2020 European Research Council da087c60-8432-4f58-b2dd-747fc1a60025 9789048560370 European Research Council (ERC) Dutch Research Council (NWO) 259 Amsterdam 101020082 open access
spellingShingle Fossil fuels, climate change, socio-environmental justice, inclusive development, energy transition
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Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground
title Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground
title_full Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground
title_fullStr Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground
title_full_unstemmed Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground
title_short Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground
title_sort leaving fossil fuels underground
topic Fossil fuels, climate change, socio-environmental justice, inclusive development, energy transition
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNT Social impact of environmental issues
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFA Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TH Energy technology and engineering::THF Fossil fuel technologies
topic_facet Fossil fuels, climate change, socio-environmental justice, inclusive development, energy transition
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNT Social impact of environmental issues
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFA Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TH Energy technology and engineering::THF Fossil fuel technologies
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