1. Civil Resistance Against Climate Change
- Author:
- Robyn Gulliver, Kelly Fielding, and Winnifred Louis
- Publication Date:
- 09-2021
- Content Type:
- Book
- Institution:
- International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)
- Abstract:
- Transnational movements using nonviolent resistance tactics to demand action on climate change have emerged from a foundation of decades of persistent and diverse environmental activism. What are the features of this nonviolent resistance that differentiate it from previous activism? What response is this resistance prompting from political and financial entities? To investigate these questions this monograph combines a large-scale longitudinal data set on climate activism in Australia with two case studies of nonviolent resistance against corporations. The study offers key lessons for a range of individuals and groups, from climate activists and civil society organizations to academics and others interested in supporting nonviolent action against climate change. In doing so, it addresses major gaps in our understanding of the effectiveness of civil resistance against climate change and the potential this resistance holds to prompt urgent action.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, transnationalism, Resistance, Nonviolence, and Activim
- Political Geography:
- Australia