Overview
- Represents an urgent and timely addition to the literature on global warming and human rights
- Explores climate change from a multicultural, international perspective
- Suggests methods by which climate change may be mitigated
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About this book
This book discusses the immediate and severe threat posed by global climate change and the various obstacles that stand in the way of action. Judith Blau presents scientific evidence relevant to The Paris Agreement (COP-21): an international treaty that promises to strengthen the global response to climate change. As she reckons with the dangers of catastrophic planetary heating, Blau discusses the clash between the deeply ingrained American tradition of individualism and the collective action and acknowledgement of intertwined fate needed to address climate change. She acknowledges that America’s capitalist bent stands in contrast to the idea of the “commons”—a concept that we need to embrace if climate change is to be mitigated. The volume also explains the foundations of international human rights standards as they relate to climate change. Drawing from guiding principles of human rights and equality, the book concludes hopefully—suggesting that the people of the world canmeet the challenge posed by climate change by at once acknowledging shared humanity and celebrating difference.
Reviews
“What are the social foundations that permit transnational cooperation to combat climate change? Judith Blau points mainly to solidarity: an awareness of shared experiences, interests, ideals, and vulnerabilities. By presenting theoretical arguments for and practical examples of collaboration to address climate change, Blau demonstrates that human beings have the capacity to be united in equalities and differences. While all people have equal rights to dignity, protection from abuse, sustenance, health, and education, they also have the right to explore, develop, and affirm their racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, and sexual identities. It is the earth itself that provides the context for the actualization of these rights. Accordingly, Blau exhorts the US population to think beyond individualism and exceptionalism and to actively embrace its responsibility to preserve the environment.” (Mark Frezzo, University of Mississippi, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Judith Blau is Professor Emerita, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. She also served as President of the Southern Sociological Society, and is Founder and Director of the Human Rights Center of Chapel Hill & Carrboro.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Paris Agreement
Book Subtitle: Climate Change, Solidarity, and Human Rights
Authors: Judith Blau
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53541-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53540-1Published: 30 March 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53541-8Published: 21 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 119
Topics: Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Environmental Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Political Sociology