Multispecies Climate Justice, Disasters and Responsibility

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'An inspiring and powerful antidote to the polycrisis. The authors channel their fury at the destruction of the life-sustaining Earth community into innovative and insightful proposals for transforming law to advance justice for all beings. A stirring call to step forward and join the revolution for multispecies climate justice. Viva!' -- Cormac Cullinan, Wild Law Institute, South Africa 'Everywhere we look, environmental disasters have the footprint of neoliberalism all over them. Neoliberalism has brought us the relentless commodification of the natural world, so every bit of nature "sold off" - meaning destroyed or vandalised - can be justified if it "buys us" economic growth and more consumption. Multispecies Climate Justice begins by carefully and comprehensively cataloguing the environmental havoc wrought by neoliberalism. It goes on to set out a radical new approach to climate, environmental and biodiversity laws, embedding a deep re-thinking of the relationship between humans and nature. This book is essential reading for every lawyer, government servant, politician and business leader, most of whom still delude themselves that all we need to save our future is green tech and a few carbon taxes. Instead, a profound top-to-bottom transformation of economy and society is unavoidable. Lyster, Celermajer and McCormack help us see where to begin.' -- Jonathan Aldred, University of Cambridge, UK 'This inspiring, multidisciplinary book develops the implications of recognizing all earth entities as fellow subjects, who are entangled with one another in complex relationships. With both analytic precision and passion it offers earth centred conceptions of responsibility, entitlement, and value to guide the legal transformations necessary for climate justice.' -- Jennifer Nedelsky, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto, Canada