New Climate Activism: NGO Authority and Participation in Climate Change Governance

Activists from Indigenous, youth, women, and labor rights groups marched through the halls of the 2019 UN climate change conference, chanting "Climate Justice, People Power." Jen Iris Allan's book, The New Climate Activism, examines why and how these social activists came to participate in climate change governance, while others, such as those working on human rights and health, remain on the outside. Allan shows that some activists sought and successfully gained recognition as part of climate change governance, while others remained marginalized.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 226 pages
Publication date: 04 January 2021
Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Activists and delegates from various groups, including Indigenous, youth, women, and labor rights, participated in the 2019 UN climate change conference, marching through the halls with chants of "Climate Justice, People Power." In the book "The New Climate Activism," Jen Iris Allan examines the reasons behind and the ways in which these social activists became involved in climate change governance, while others, such as those working on human rights and health, remain on the periphery of climate activism. Allan's book provides case studies of women's rights, labor, alter-globalization, health, and human rights activism, highlighting how some activists successfully gained recognition as part of climate change governance, while others remained marginalized. While concepts like gender mainstreaming, just transition, and climate justice are widely recognized among social activists, human rights and health remain fringe issues in climate change governance. Allan's book explores the reasons why these activists brought their issues to climate change and why some succeeded while others did not.

Weight: 354g
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781487525842