Beyond the Coal Rush: A Turning Point for Global Energy and Climate Policy?

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James Goodman (University of Technology Sydney) Linda Connor (University of Sydney)

Beyond the Coal Rush

A Turning Point for Global Energy and Climate Policy?

James Goodman (University of Technology Sydney), Linda Connor (University of Sydney), Devleena Ghosh (University of Technology Sydney) , Kanchi Kohli

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English

Cambridge University Press
26 November 2020

Coal & solid fuel industries; Science funding & policy; Global warming; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology

Climate change makes fossil fuels unburnable, yet global coal production has almost doubled over the last 20 years. This book explores how the world can stop mining coal - the most prolific source of greenhouse gas emissions. It documents efforts at halting coal production, focusing specifically on how campaigners are trying to stop coal mining in India, Germany, and Australia. Through in-depth comparative ethnography, it shows how local people are fighting to save their homes, livelihoods, and environments, creating new constituencies and alliances for the transition from fossil fuels. The book relates these struggles to conflicts between global climate policy and the national coal-industrial complex. With coal's meaning transformed from an important asset to a threat, and the coal industry declining, it charts reasons for continuing coal dependence, and how this can be overcome. It will provide a source of inspiration for energy transition for researchers in environment, sustainability, and politics, as well as policymakers.

By: James Goodman (University of Technology Sydney), Linda Connor (University of Sydney), Devleena Ghosh (University of Technology Sydney), Kanchi Kohli, Jonathan Paul Marshall (University of Technology Sydney)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 175mm, Width: 250mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 670g
ISBN: 9781108479820
ISBN 10: 1108479820
Pages: 282
Publication Date: 26 November 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

James Goodman (convening author) is professor and director of the Climate Justice Research Centre at the University of Technology Sydney. He researches global politics, socio-cultural change, and climate justice. He has co-authored five books, including Justice Globalism (Sage, 2013) and Climate Upsurge: An Ethnography of Climate Movement Politics (Routledge, 2014), and has co-edited seven volumes. Linda Connor is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Sydney and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. She has conducted long-term ethnographic research into coal mining and climate change in rural and regional Australia. Publications include Climate Change and Anthropos (Earthscan, 2016), and Environmental Change and the World's Futures (Routledge, 2016).