Open AccessClimate Justice at the Local Level
Author(s) -
Beyza Sarıkoç Yıldırım
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
politikon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1583-3984
pISSN - 2414-6633
DOI - 10.22151/politikon.45.1
Subject(s) - climate change , climate justice , economic justice , turkish , action (physics) , perspective (graphical) , political science , inequality , environmental justice , social justice , environmental resource management , sociology , political economy , economics , law , ecology , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
Climate change is an issue of social justice, as it affects different social groups in the urban space differently. Yet, while formulating climate action plans, local governments often disregard the relationship between climate change and justice. By using content analysis, this article explores climate change action plans of Turkish municipalities from the perspective of climate justice. It concludes that action plans of Turkish municipalities do not consider climate change as a problem of justice despite the emerging or exacerbated inequalities in the urban space caused by climate change.