Subnational climate justice for the French Outre-mer: postcolonial politics and geography of an epistemic shift
Subnational climate justice for the French Outre-mer: postcolonial politics and geography of an epistemic shift
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DOI：
10.24043/isj.49
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发表时间：
2018-05-01
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1.5
通讯作者：
Ferdinand, Malcom
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作者：
Ferdinand, Malcom
本文从法国海外领土的角度出发了法国与气候变化的关系：Outre-Mer。这些以前殖民的领土遍布大西洋，印度洋和太平洋，是法国的次国司法管辖区。通过研究他们的温室气体排放，生态重要性，经济状况以及政策，我认为理解彻底的气候变化观点需要一种以两个理论手势为特征的认知转变。首先，Outre-Mer的观点需要超越法国的单一地理虚构，这仅代表其欧洲大陆。这些领土对法国的温室气体排放很少，尤其容易受到气候变化的影响，这是宗实气候正义的理由。其次，除了将其描绘成外国和无声的受害者外，校友的观点还认识到后殖民主体的存在是面临气候变化的政治和历史行为者，他强烈呼吁后殖民平等和社会正义。
This paper presents France's relation to climate change from the perspectives of the French overseas territories: the Outre-mer. Scattered across the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean, these formerly colonized territories are subnational jurisdictions of France. Through examining their greenhouse gas emissions, their ecological importance, their economic conditions, as well as their policies, I argue that understanding the Outre-mer climate change perspectives demands an epistemic shift characterized by two theoretical gestures. Firstly, the Outre-mer perspectives require moving beyond the single geographical imaginary of France that only represents its European mainland. Contributing very little to France's greenhouse gas emissions, these territories are particularly exposed and particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, making the case for a subnational climate justice. Secondly, beyond their portrayal as foreign and voiceless victims, the Outre-mer perspectives also recognize the presence of postcolonial subjects as political and historical actors facing climate change, calling forcefully for postcolonial equality and social justice.