Just Transitions

Gender and Power in India's Climate Politics
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-367-49968-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Gender and Environments

This book turns critical feminist scrutiny on national climate policies in India and examines what transition might really mean for marginalized groups in the country.

A vision of “just transitions” is increasingly being used by activists and groups to ensure that pathways towards sustainable futures are equitable and inclusive. Exploring this concept, this volume provides a feminist study of what it would take to ensure just transitions in India where gender, in relation to its interesting dimensions of power, is at the centre of analysis. With case studies on climate mitigation and adaptation from different parts of India, the book brings together academics, practitioners and policymakers who provide commentary on sectors including agriculture, forestry and renewables. Overall, the book has relevance far beyond India’s borders, as India’s attempt to deal with its diverse population makes it a key litmus test for countries seeking to transition against a backdrop of inequality both in the Global North and South.

This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate policy, gender studies, sustainable development and development studies more broadly.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arora-Jonsson, Seema

Michael, Kavya

Shrivastava, Manish Kumar

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

 Preface

 Introduction

 Seema Arora-Jonsson, Kavya Michael and Manish Kumar Shrivastava

 Part 1: Peace, Justice and strong institutions

 Climate Diplomacy, Just Transitions, and Gender Mainstreaming: India’s Experiences 

 Dhanasree Jayaram and Shirin Choudhary

 Gender and India’s Climate Policy: Bridging the Disconnects

 Manish Kumar Shrivastava, Seema Arora-Jonsson and Kavya Michael

 Voices from the field: Working for a just climate in India

 Seema Arora-Jonsson with Srestha Banerjee, Shloka Nath, Kalyani Raj, R.R. Rashmi, Ginny Shrivastava,   Kavya Michael, and Manish Kumar Shrivastava 

 Commentary

 Making the Change Possible

 Jayati Ghosh

 Part 2: ‘No jobs on a dead planet’: Life on land and forests

How just is the transition to organic farming from a gender lens?

Aditi Kapoor

 Adivasi and Forest Feminism: The path to Just Transitions through the Forest Rights Act 

      Sanghamitra Dubey and Astha Saxena

 Coal over forests, displacement over community rights?: Lessons for a just climate future from  forest-dwelling communities in Hasdeo Aranya 

      Ruchira Talukdar

      Commentary

9    Transitions, policy, and implementation through a feminist lens

Edward R. Carr

Part 3: Clean and Affordable energy – for whom and at what cost?

Negotiating a just transition: the case of utility-scale solar in semi-arid southern India 

Uttara Narayan, Vishwajeet Poojary, Tarul Jain and Ulka Kelkar

Low-carbon development and women entrepreneurs: A case study of fly-ash brick industry in  Bihar

      Gitika Goswami, Manish Kumar Shrivastava, Ria Sinha and Alpana Gupta

 Engendering the energy value chain: Evidence from India

      Mini Govindan, Rashmi Murali and Dhairya Dholak

       Barriers and Enablers of Gender Just Climate Action: Examples from India

       Kavya Michael

 Commentary

 Energy Alternatives - A view from the global North

       Susan Buckingham

 Epilogue

 Engendering Sustainability Transitions - A Prerequisite for a Just Society

 Index

Über Autor(innen)

Seema Arora-Jonsson is Professor in Rural Development at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. She works with feminist thinking and questions of sustainability and justice in environmental governance, climate politics and rural development both in the Global South and Global North.

Kavya Michael is an environmental- social scientist at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Her research broadly examines environmental change and energy- related issues through a human rights and justice lens. She studies the multiple intersections of climate change, urban- inequality, informality, and inter and intra- regional migration with a focus on the Global South.

Manish Kumar Shrivastava is a senior fellow at the Earth Sciences and Climate Change Division, TERI. His current research explores low-carbon transition in India from the perspectives of MSMEs, finance, gender justice, role of sub- national and non- state actors, and relevance of frugality in technological choices and governance for sustainability.