How to deal with the climate crisis is highly controversial. The dominant strategy seems to be attempts to decarbonise the economy. Emblematic here is the expansion of renewable energies and the switch from the combustion engine to the electric car. But much research shows that the ecological crisis is dealt with inadequately, domestically and to the detriment of the global South if purely technological solutions are pursued. The research approach of political ecology offers a critical perspective on current developments and asks about social mechanisms and drivers behind the climate crisis.
On Tuesday 27 June 2023, the book “Handbuch politische Ökologie. Theorien, Konflikte, Begriffe, Methoden” was presented at Republikanischer Klub in Vienna. Sarah Hackfort, together with the three other editors and participating authors, presented important insights of political ecology that can be used to better understand current developments.
In a workshop on Wednesday, 28 June 2023, the discussion on the relevance and added value of a political ecology approach was further deepened.
The event was organised in cooperation with the Institute for Political Science at the University of Vienna, the Institute for Development Research and the Institute for Social Ecology at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences.
The presented book is published open access and can be a downloaded here.