Claim: We Need “Planetary Sovereignty†to Address the Climate Crisis
Eric Worrall / 1 day ago January 16, 2019
Joel Wainwright and Jeff Mann
Professor Joel Wainwright and Professor Jeff Mann
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
According to political theorists Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright, people will increasingly turn to international institutions to address problems like climate change.
How Governments React to Climate Change: An Interview with the Political Theorists Joel Wainwright and Geoff Mann
By Isaac Chotiner
January 14, 2019
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In “Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future,†Joel Wainwright, a professor of geography at Ohio State University, and Geoff Mann, the director of the Center for Global Political Economy at Simon Fraser University, consider how to approach a problem of such international dimensions. They look at several different political futures for our warming planet, and argue that a more forceful international order, or “Climate Leviathan,†is emerging, but unlikely to mitigate catastrophic warming.
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