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Date Permissions Signed
5-25-2017
Date of Award
Spring 2017
Document Type
Masters Field Project
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Environmental Studies
First Advisor
Wang, Grace A.
Second Advisor
Myers, Gene (O. Gene)
Third Advisor
Brown, Nicole R.
Fourth Advisor
Woods, Steve, 1963-
Abstract
Governments from around the world have been meeting annually for over twenty years to determine solutions for addressing global climate change. At the COP 21 Climate Summit in Paris, 195 governments agreed that carbon emissions must be lowered and each country reported their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) for lowering carbon emissions. Now it is up to civil society to hold governments accountable to their commitment and to also urge bolder action since their contributions are not adequate to lower emissions to a level suitable for a livable future. A global justice movement focused on climate action can play a critical role to move more people to action. This project focuses on how to increase climate activism through a compilation of strategies and best practices in the form of a field manual to inform individuals and organizations on ways to move people to climate activism. A survey administered to Climate Activists is analyzed, and the survey results provide a list of climate actions and barriers identified by current climate activists in the field in hopes to inform the movement on what is working and what is important to focus on in the future to move people to action. This field manual will provide additional insights to help build and maintain the climate justice movement.
Type
Text
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25710/shjm-9p42
Publisher
Western Washington University
OCLC Number
988540502
Subject – LCSH
Climate change mitigation--Social aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Environmental justice--Social aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Global environmental change--Social aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Global temperature changes--Social aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Social movements--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Format
application/pdf
Genre/Form
masters theses
Language
English
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this thesis for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
MacIntyre Witt, Jill, "Building the Climate Justice Movement: A Field Manual to Increase Climate Activism" (2017). WWU Graduate School Collection. 579.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet/579