Toward transformative climate justice: An emerging research agenda

Calls for climate justice abound as evidence accumulates of the growing social and environmental injustices aggravated or driven by change. There is now a considerable diverse literature on procedural, distributional intergenerational dimensions, including questions recognition in justice. Yet its meaning, scope practical implications are still contested. Importantly, broader landscape within which situated rapidly changing, bringing new challenges to understanding practice This review takes stock view this context. We find several disconnects tensions between more philosophical academic treatments subject one hand, “activist”-oriented approaches other. Scholarship often falls into silos around scales from global local, mitigation adaptation draws distinctions other forms (in)justice. inhibits an that can address directly underlying root causes historically constituted economic system intersecting set inequalities. propose research agenda centered transformative approach justice, placing analysis power various guises at center enquiry, subverting moving beyond existing focusing institutional relations inequalities both produce change profoundly shape responses it. elaborate three key strands such approach: inclusive deepening governance