Waiting for a deus ex machina: ‘Sustainable extractives’ in a 2°C world

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Critique of Anthropology Pub Date : 2020-10-12 DOI:10.1177/0308275X20959419

Dinah Rajak

引用次数: 11

Abstract

In recent years the oil industry has shifted from climate change denialism to advocacy of the Paris Agreement, championing sustainability in an apparent assertion (rather than rejection) of corporate responsibility. Meanwhile growth forecasts continue unabated to finance the industry’s enthusiasm for upstream ventures in uncharted territories. How do extractive companies, and those who work in them, square this contradiction? Fieldwork among oil company executives points to a new wave of techno-optimism: a deus ex machina that will descend from the labs of corporate research and development (R&D) labs to reconcile these irreconcilable imperatives. Rather than denial, the projection of win-win synergies between growth and sustainability involves a suspension of disbelief; an instrumental faith in the miraculous power of technology that tenders salvation without forsaking fossil fuels, or restructuring markets.

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等待解决方案:2°C世界中的“可持续采掘”

近年来，石油行业已从否认气候变化转向支持《巴黎协定》(Paris Agreement)，以一种明显的主张(而非拒绝)企业责任的方式支持可持续性。与此同时，增长预测继续不减，为该行业对未知领域上游投资的热情提供资金。采掘公司及其员工如何解决这一矛盾?石油公司高管们的实地调查表明，一股新的技术乐观主义浪潮正在兴起:企业研发实验室将出现解决这些不可调和的当务之急的解决方案。对增长与可持续性之间双赢协同效应的预测，需要的不是否认，而是暂停怀疑;一种工具性的信念，相信技术的神奇力量可以在不放弃化石燃料或重组市场的情况下提供拯救。

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Critique of Anthropology ANTHROPOLOGY-

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