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P101


Law’s climate futures [Anthropology of Law, Rights and Governance (LawNet)] 
Convenors:
Agathe Mora (University of Sussex and University of Lausanne)
Jon Schubert (University of Basel)
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Formats:
Panel
Mode:
Face-to-face
:
Facultat de Geografia i Història 302
Sessions:
Thursday 25 July, -
Time zone: Europe/Madrid

Short Abstract:

What climate futures are envisioned by legal and regulatory efforts? How could anthropological analysis of these processes contribute to liberatory politics and climate justice? This panel looks at the climate futures assembled and enacted through legislation, regulation, and litigation.

Long Abstract:

The United Nations General Assembly’s adoption, in 2022, of the ‘right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment’ as a new, universal human right, in principle paves the way for new forms of ‘doing’ climate futures through law. The exponential rise of climate litigation in the last few years likewise point to the increasing transposition of climate action to legal arenas. Such developments are indicative of broader trends in the relation between (international) law and the environment, which assembles a broad array of actors beyond nation-states.

Yet legal and regulatory frameworks, including technical and procedural standards, often stand at odds with the lived realities of the climate crisis across the globe. Efforts at climate legislation and regulation often provoke furious backlash, from deregulation and limitations on the role of courts to political and media criticism. Similarly, translating legal principles and decisions back into climate action is far from straightforward.

What is the role of a critical, engaged anthropology, beyond simply diagnosing this disconnect? If law is a means of producing anticipatory knowledge, what kinds of climate futures are envisioned by efforts to corral law and regulations to their realisation? And how could anthropological analysis of these processes contribute to liberatory politics and climate justice? To address these broader questions, we invite paper submissions dealing with the various ways in which climate futures are envisioned, assembled, and enacted through legislation, regulation, and litigation.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Thursday 25 July, 2024, -