R2P’s expanded notion of sovereignty as responsibility may be flexible enough to add to effective climate change response, but it cannot address the long term ecological crises we face.
A broader understanding of the interconnectedness of things in a dynamic biosphere where a combustion powered technosphere is rapidly expanding is essential.
Peter Frase’s book illuminates the potential effects of robotization and climate change on a post-capitalist future and the institutional structures that might emerge.
Green theory allows a broader ecological perspective on our common human interests and emphasises choices made within ecological, rather than political, boundaries.
Here are valuable links, videos and information to assist students interested in the Arctic region and the Arctic Council.
Critiquing dystopic movies as representations of the here and now is a good method to raise interest about modern challenges and stimulate a debate over the solutions.
Dr. Nina Hall talks about the links between climate change, refugee flows and violent conflict, the role of NGO’s, and she explains her work on digital activism.
Dr. Habib talks about the meaning of the Paris Agreement, environmental politics in North Korea, and the problems with sovereignty in a static territorial system.
Ignoring environmental aspects, Haines studies the Indus River as state-building factor, contributing to research on changing territoriality as result of climate change.
Contemporary populists are looking backwards, hoping to fix our problems by drawing from a medical toolkit from a previous century.