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Diversifying Power Jennie C Stephens

Diversifying Power By Jennie C Stephens

Diversifying Power by Jennie C Stephens


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A timely treatise on the importance of diversifying climate leadership, offering a fresh perspective on climate change solutions.

Diversifying Power Summary

Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy by Jennie C Stephens

The climate crisis is a crisis of leadership. Transformation to a renewable-based society requires leaders who connect social justice to climate and energy. During the Trump era, connections among white, male power; environmental destruction; and fossil fuel dependence have become more conspicuous. The inadequate and ineffective framing of climate change as a narrow, isolated, discrete problem to be solved by technical solutions is failing. The dominance of technocratic, white, male perspectives on climate and energy has inhibited investments in social innovations. With new leadership and diverse voices, we could strengthen climate resilience, reduce growing inequities, and promote social justice. In Diversifying Power, energy expert Jennie Stephens argues that the key to effectively addressing the climate crisis is diversifying leadership so that antiracist, feminist priorities are central. All politics is now climate politics, so all policies, from housing to health, now have to integrate climate resilience and renewable energy. Stephens takes a closer look at climate and energy leadership related to job creation and economic justice, health and nutrition, housing and transportation. She looks at why we need to resist by investing in bold diverse leadership to curb the the polluter elite. We need to reclaim and restructure climate and energy systems so policies are explicitly linked to social, economic, and racial justices. Inspirational stories of diverse leaders who integrate antiracist, feminist values to build momentum for structural transformative change are woven throughout the book, along with Stephens' experience as a woman working on climate and energy. The shift from a divided, unequal, extractive, and oppressive society to a just, sustainable, regenerative, and healthy future has already begun. But structural change needs more bold and ambitious leaders at all levels, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with the Green New Deal, or the Secwepemc women of the Tiny House Warriors resisting the Trans Mountain pipeline. Diversifying Power offers hope and optimism. Stephens shows how anyone working on issues related to energy or climate (directly or indirectly) can leverage the power of collective action. By highlighting the creative individuals and organizations making change happen, she provides inspiration and encourages action on climate and energy justice.

About Jennie C Stephens

Jennie C. Stephens is the Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University, where she is also the Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy, Director of Strategic Research Collaborations at the Global Resilience Institute, and a member of the Executive Committee of Northeastern's Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Ted Landsmark Introduction: Growing the Squad Resisting The Polluter Elite Jobs and Economic Justice Health, Wellbeing, and Nutritious Food for All Clean Transportation for All Housing for All Conclusion: Collective Power

Additional information

GOR013482328
9781642831313
164283131X
Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy by Jennie C Stephens
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Island Press
2020-11-28
200
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