@misc{BansardPattbergWiderberg2017, author = {Bansard, Jennifer S. and Pattberg, Philipp H. and Widerberg, Oscar}, title = {Cities to the rescue?}, series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe}, journal = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe}, number = {105}, issn = {1867-5808}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-42980}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-429806}, pages = {229 -- 246}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Despite the proliferation and promise of subnational climate initiatives, the institutional architecture of transnational municipal networks (TMNs) is not well understood. With a view to close this research gap, the article empirically assesses the assumption that TMNs are a viable substitute for ambitious international action under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It addresses the aggregate phenomenon in terms of geographical distribution, central players, mitigation ambition and monitoring provisions. Examining thirteen networks, it finds that membership in TMNs is skewed toward Europe and North America while countries from the Global South are underrepresented; that only a minority of networks commit to quantified emission reductions and that these are not more ambitious than Parties to the UNFCCC; and finally that the monitoring provisions are fairly limited. In sum, the article shows that transnational municipal networks are not (yet) the representative, ambitious and transparent player they are thought to be.}, language = {en} } @article{Reibold2022, author = {Reibold, Kerstin}, title = {Settler Colonialism, Decolonization, and Climate Change}, series = {Journal of applied philosophy}, journal = {Journal of applied philosophy}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0264-3758}, doi = {10.1111/japp.12573}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The article proposes that climate change makes enduring colonial injustices and structures visible. It focuses on the imposition and dominance of colonial concepts of land and self-determination on Indigenous peoples in settler states. It argues that if the dominance of these colonial frameworks remains unaddressed, the progressing climate change will worsen other colonial injustices, too. Specifically, Indigenous self-determination capabilities will be increasingly undermined, and Indigenous peoples will experience the loss of what they understand as relevant land from within their own ontologies of land. The article holds that even if settler states strive to repair colonial injustices, these efforts will be unsuccessful if climate change occurs and decolonization is pursued within the framework of a settler colonial ontology of land. Therefore, the article suggests, decolonization of the ontologies of land and concepts of self-determination is a precondition for a just response to climate change.}, language = {en} }