Articulating System Change to Effectively and Justly Address the Climate Crisis

The authors argue that current climate proposals lack the transformative systemic change necessary to address the climate crisis. By identifying synergistic policies and programs associated with ecosocialism and degrowth, the paper aims to provide a set of specific strategies that can be promoted to challenge status quo interests and minimize warming, even if the terms 'ecosocialism' and 'degrowth' are avoided due to associated stigmas.

• Current climate proposals are insufficient because they do not achieve the transformative systemic changes required, and those who do advocate for system change often fail to define what that change actually entails.
• The authors propose a set of policies and strategies derived from ecosocialism and degrowth that could serve as key demands for climate organizations in the Global North to justly minimize warming, noting that these strategies can be advocated for without using the stigmatized terminology of ecosocialism or degrowth.

APA

Stuart, D., Petersen, B., & Gunderson, R. (2022). Articulating System Change to Effectively and Justly Address the Climate Crisis. Climate Social Science Network. https://cssn.org/articulating-system-change-to-effectively-and-justly-address-the-climate-crisis/

Chicago

Stuart, Diana, Bryan Petersen, and Ryan Gunderson. Articulating System Change to Effectively and Justly Address the Climate Crisis. Climate Social Science Network, 2022. https://cssn.org/articulating-system-change-to-effectively-and-justly-address-the-climate-crisis/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stuart2022articulating, author = {Stuart, Diana and Petersen, Bryan and Gunderson, Ryan}, title = {{Articulating System Change to Effectively and Justly Address the Climate Crisis}}, institution = {Climate Social Science Network}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {https://cssn.org/articulating-system-change-to-effectively-and-justly-address-the-climate-crisis/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }