Collapse, social tipping dynamics, and framing climate change

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dc.contributor.authorSteel, Danielen
dc.contributor.authorMintz-Woo, Kian
dc.contributor.authorDesRoche, C. Tyler
dc.contributor.funderSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T12:05:55Z
dc.date.available2023-08-22T09:36:54Zen
dc.date.available2023-08-28T12:05:55Z
dc.date.issued2023en
dc.date.updated2023-08-22T08:36:55Zen
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we claim that recent developments in climate science and renewable energy should prompt a reframing of debates surrounding climate change mitigation. Taken together, we argue that these developments suggest (1) global climate collapse in this century is a non-negligible risk, (2) mitigation offers substantial benefits to current generations, and (3) mitigation by some can generate social tipping dynamics that could ultimately make renewables cheaper than fossil fuels. We explain how these claims undermine familiar framings of climate change, wherein mitigation is understood as self-sacrifice that individuals and governments must be morally persuaded or incentivized to undertake.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada (under the SSHRC Insight Grant Program (grant file number 435-2022-0189))
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationSteel, D., Mintz-Woo, K. and DesRoches, C.T. (2023) ‘Collapse, social tipping dynamics, and framing climate change’, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, (22 pp). https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X231196432en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1470594X231196432en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14877
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSageen
dc.rights© 2023, the Authors. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectClimate collapse
dc.subjectClimate ethics
dc.subjectClimate justice
dc.subjectIntergenerational justice
dc.subjectMitigation
dc.subjectSocietal collapse
dc.subjectTipping points
dc.titleCollapse, social tipping dynamics, and framing climate change
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
dc.typeArticleen
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