Date: 2023
Type: Article
Nationalism and climate change
Studies on national movements, 2023, Vol. 11, No.1, pp. 204-229
CONVERSI, Daniele, Nationalism and climate change, Studies on national movements, 2023, Vol. 11, No.1, pp. 204-229
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76260
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Climate change is probably the most serious threat to the continuity of life on Earth. The climate emergency is accompanied by a host of deeply interrelated crises, such as biodiversity loss, the acidification of oceans and at least six other identified variables whose crossing points have been identified as ‘planetary boundaries’ (PB). Crossing any of these boundaries is likely to have immense humanitarian and environmental consequences and can influence the way in which other boundaries are affected – that is, crossing any one of them is reflected in all the other boundaries, cumulatively amplifying the vulnerability of life across the planet. All these boundaries are being pushed without mercy, hammered with unprecedented force by mass human consumption. In this article I first analyse the scientific background and the body of evidence available regarding some of the most crucial aspects of the climate crisis. I then proceed to analyse the possible multiple relationships between climate change and nationalism, emphasising core aspects of the broader relationship between the two. In the process, I identify a research trend that I consider as the new ‘climate turn’ which has descended and transmuted from the broader social sciences to nationalism studies. I argue that, generally, nationalism remains a key impediment to successful climate action, since a global calamity such as the climate emergency can only be comprehended and tackled on a world-wide basis and through synchronised global action.
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Published online: 18 August 2023
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76260
Full-text via DOI: 10.21825/snm.89005
ISSN: 2295-1466
Publisher: National Movements and Intermediary Structures in Europe
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