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来源类型 | Books and Specialist Article |
规范类型 | 图书 |
Fossil fuel divestment and climate change: Reviewing contested arguments | |
Braungardt, S.; van den Bergh, J.; Dunlop, T. | |
发表日期 | 2019-03 |
出版年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
概述 | The strategy of fossil fuel divestment has attracted considerable attention in recent years, particularly in the press and social media. Spearheaded as a movement based on ethical principles, divestment has been suggested to play a... |
摘要 | Fossil fuel divestment and climate change: Reviewing contested arguments The strategy of fossil fuel divestment has attracted considerable attention in recent years, particularly in the press and social media. Spearheaded as a movement based on ethical principles, divestment has been suggested to play a potential role in shaping public opinion and policymaking on climate change. The growing size of the movement has prompted debate about the extent of its impact on fossil fuel companies and climate change mitigation efforts. This article investigates the potential effectiveness of the divestment movement according to the end goal of climate campaigners – to bring about a complete break from fossil fuels. We collect and qualify the key arguments as found mainly in the informal debate, and to a lesser extent in the academic literature. This will help readers to make an informed judgement that can contribute to a constructive debate about the effectiveness of divestment. We organize the literature into arguments for and against divestment, and explain how these relate to each other. In addition, we derive suggestions for further research on divestment. |
URL | https://www.oeko.de/en/publications/p-details/fossil-fuel-divestment-and-climate-change-reviewing-contested-arguments/ |
来源智库 | Institute for Applied Ecology (Germany) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/136604 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Braungardt, S.,van den Bergh, J.,Dunlop, T.. Fossil fuel divestment and climate change: Reviewing contested arguments. 2019. |
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