In recent years, the Green New Deal has moved from relative obscurity to front and centre of policy discussions and public debates about how to respond to the climate crisis. It has been credited with radically changing the nature of the conversation on climate change and with re-energizing the environmental movement at a critical time. All Green New Deal proposals share an emphasis on the need for governments (rather than markets) to lead the energy transition. However, they differ in other respects. This Handbook analyses the fundamentals underlying all Green New Deals as well as exploring national and regional variations. It is divided into three parts. The first part examines the political economy of the Green New Deal focussing not just on how proposals will be costed but also on opportunities for a fundamental transformation of both national economies and the global economic system. The second part explores issues of justice, which are central to many Green New Deal proposals, including Indigenous rights, racial and gender equity, and justice for the Global South. In the third part, authors detail case studies of Green New Deal proposals and plans at the local, national, and regional level. This book will be an invaluable research and reference volume for students and scholars in economics, politics, sociology, geography, and environmental studies. It should also be of interest to those actively involved in climate and environmental policymaking.
Author(s): Kyla Tienhaara, Joanna Robinson
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge | Taylor & Francis Group
Year: 2023
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 515
Tags: Green New Deal; Energy Policy: Environmental Aspects; Clean Energy: Government Policy
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Notes on contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: Political economy of the Green New Deal
1 The Green New Deal, climate breakdown, and power
2 Financing the Green New Deal: The Modern Money Theory approach
3 Central banks and Green New Deals: What role can they play?
4 Avoiding the pitfalls of capitalism in the Green New Deal
5 A Green New Deal for agriculture: Whither capitalism?
6 Worktime reduction and the Green New Deal
7 Reshaping global trade and investment law for a Green New Deal
PART II: Tackling injustice through the Green New Deal
8 Jobs, justice, and the Green New Deal
9 Lessons for a Green New Deal: Race, the New Deal legacy, and environmental justice in Detroit
10 The Seventh Fire and the Sitting Bull Plan: An Indigenous Green New Deal
11 A Feminist Agenda for a Green New Deal: Challenges and opportunities
12 Democratizing the Green New Deal
13 A Green New Deal beyond the “North”: Both promise and peril
PART III: The Green New Deal in practice
14 Chinese Green Job Guarantee: A roadmap for sustainable prosperity
15 South Korea’s Green New Deal 2.0: Old wine in new bottles?
16 Decarbonization without democracy: Tennis-ball politics and the EU Green Deal
17 The evolution of the UK’s Green New Deal: “Green Industrial Revolution,” “Building Back Better,” and beyond
18 A made-in-Canada Green New Deal
19 Cities and the Green New Deal: Addressing the financialization of urban production
Appendix: Examples of Green New Deals and legislative proposals
Index
