Virtual icon Virtual Panel - Climate Change and Nationalism – Incompatible Realities

Abstract

Nationalism is central to prospects of (in)action on climate change, but there has been little recognition of its role and consequentiality within environmental politics research. This panel will explore the interactions between nationalism and climate change. The connections are both historical and contemporary. Historically, the modern nation-state was born with industrialisation and the burning of fossil fuels, and the promise of economic growth became a core feature of nationalism. More recently, this legacy has limited the capacity of nation-states to adopt radical policies of sustainability. Additionally, far-right nationalism has often become stronger in times of upheaval. The panel would continue a new interdisciplinary research-trend dedicated to the relationship between climate change and nationalism. The panel aims to cover issues connected to climate change and ideological, methodological, industrial, infrastructural, gendered, and identitarian nationalisms. It will bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines, methodologies, and geographies, to increase our understanding of the forces and processes interconnecting nationalism to climate action/inaction.

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