Unseen urgency: Delay as the new denial

IF 9.4 1区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
H. Shue
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The scientific grounds for the urgency of action to limit climate change are relatively well‐understood. Much less well appreciated, however, are the contingent, but nevertheless profound, political reasons for the urgency of immediate robust action. Most important is the fact, insufficiently appreciated by many normative and economic theorists, that some of the most powerful and wealthy political institutions and economic organizations on the planet are firmly committed to delaying effective action on climate change as long as possible so that they can retain and enhance their current wealth and power resting on fossil fuel assets. Ruthless and entrenched opponents resist actions to slow climate change, and delay is the new denial. The deception practiced by those whose vast wealth and power depends on slowing the transition away from the combustion of fossil fuels necessitates the building of social movements and political campaigns to expose their falsehoods and diversions and to explain and justify transformative alternatives to potentially active citizens. The opponents of climate action have been active for decades and have built powerful political coalitions. The supporters of climate action need to confront them urgently with yet more powerful political coalitions because the remaining time for winning the struggle is shrinking fast. Action is urgent because deceptive delay is relentless.

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未知的紧迫性:延迟作为新的拒绝
限制气候变化行动的紧迫性的科学依据相对而言是众所周知的。然而,迫切需要立即采取有力行动的偶然但深刻的政治原因远没有得到充分的重视。最重要的是,许多规范和经济理论家没有充分认识到,地球上一些最强大、最富有的政治机构和经济组织坚定地致力于尽可能长时间地推迟对气候变化的有效行动,以便他们能够保留和增强目前依靠化石燃料资产的财富和权力。无情而根深蒂固的反对者抵制减缓气候变化的行动,而拖延是新的否认。那些庞大的财富和权力依赖于减缓从化石燃料燃烧的过渡的人所实施的欺骗,需要建立社会运动和政治运动,揭露他们的谎言和转移注意力,并解释和证明潜在活跃公民的变革性替代方案是合理的。气候行动的反对者几十年来一直很活跃,并建立了强大的政治联盟。气候行动的支持者迫切需要与更强大的政治联盟对抗,因为赢得这场斗争的剩余时间正在迅速缩短。行动是紧迫的,因为欺骗性的拖延是无情的。
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Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES-
CiteScore
20.00
自引率
2.20%
发文量
58
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: WIREs Climate Change serves as a distinctive platform for delving into current and emerging knowledge across various disciplines contributing to the understanding of climate change. This includes environmental history, humanities, physical and life sciences, social sciences, engineering, and economics. Developed in association with the Royal Meteorological Society and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in the UK, this publication acts as an encyclopedic reference for climate change scholarship and research, offering a forum to explore diverse perspectives on how climate change is comprehended, analyzed, and contested globally.
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