Climate Justice An Integral Aspect Of Environmental Anthropology: An Indian Perspective

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10.2991/978-2-38476-192-0_16How to use a DOI?

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Environmental Anthropology; Human Rights; Climate Justice

Abstract

In order to comprehend the issue that climate change presents and to design suitable adaptation and mitigation methods in-depth study of social sciences is required. Anthropology offers significant insights into the science, impacts, and policy of climate change because of its extensive participation in issues relating to the linkages between society and the environment. Social inequality is the core of sociology. Social inequality is a constant issue persisting in our society making this a root cause of climate injustice. And social justice is about unequal distributions of resources and opportunities across populations and geographic space. Because sociology's central issues revolve around inequalities in power, income, and opportunity, sociology plays a crucial role in understanding the unequal effects of climate change.People living in poverty are subjected to the effects brought on by climate change because they are exposed to persistent and structural inequalities and,it’s effects unequally felt by the wealthy and the poor on a local, national, and international level because of these effects of climate change management policies and programs differ between and within societies. The major drawback in policymaking is the exclusion of marginalised in the decision-making process. Therefore, climate injustice needs to be addressed for the promotion of collective social change and for the development in the area of environmental anthropology.

Three key themes are explored in this chapter i.e.; understanding the concepts of environmental anthropology, human rights and the nexus between human rights, climate justice; and the importance of environmental anthropology in the practical implications of laws and policies, challenges for judiciary, policy-makers in achieving climate justice in the absence of climate laws.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Smruti Mohanty
AU  - Shriya Subhadra
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/31
TI  - Climate Justice An Integral Aspect Of Environmental Anthropology: An Indian Perspective
BT  - Proceedings of the World Anthropology Congress, 2023 (WAC 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 149
EP  - 159
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-192-0_16
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-192-0_16
ID  - Mohanty2023
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