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Record Nr.

UNINA9910739412503321

Autore

Naustdalslid Jon

Titolo

The climate threat : Crisis for democracy? / / Jon Naustdalslid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9783031344718

3031344715

3-031-34471-5

9783031344701

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 pages)

Disciplina

411

Soggetti

Climate change mitigation - Government policy

Climatic changes - Government policy

Climatic changes - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

PART I : The climate threat and democracy -- Chapter 1 The point of departure -- Chapter 2 The climate problem and climate policy -- Part II Antidemocratic threats -- Chapter 3 The antidemocratic heritage and the dream about “Eco dictatorship” -- Chapter 4 The current climate debate and the threat to democracy -- Chapter 5 Popular climate uproar and the undermining of democracy -- Chapter 6 The “non-political” solution of the climate problem -- PART III DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVES -- Chapter 7 A wicked problem -- Chapter 8 Contributions to democratic answers to the climate problem -- Chapter 9 The dream about Paradise.

Sommario/riassunto

A key point in the book is the need to focus more seriously at the energy problem as the real problem behind global warming. The failure of global climate policies to reduce CO2 emissions and halt climate change has led an increasing number of scientist and activists to lose confidence in democracy's ability to handle climate change and led them to look to more authoritarian measures to meet the problem. The book documents these trends, also from a historical perspective, criticize them and sketches more democratic alternatives.