Abstract
Land is a key input in economic production and production-waste sink. This links land to the causes of and responses to climate change. The dominant climate action ideas are based on the concept of ‘land tenure security’ which, in a global context marked by land-based inequities, means ratifying what already exists. This reinforces undemocratic social structures and institutions that themselves contribute to climate change. A restructuring of global land politics is called for, without which any analyses of and responses to climate change are at best superficial, and at worst, flawed and self-defeating. What is needed is to acknowledge the pervasive land-based social inequities in the world, and to end such inequities by pursuing a redistribution of a range of access to a range of land and resources in ways that categorically benefit the working people.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1277-1297 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Globalizations |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Sep 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding:This study has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [grant number 834006], under the ERC Advanced Grant project RRUSHES-5, as well as from the Transnational Institute (TNI).
Publisher Copyright:
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