A Myriad of Ways in Which Class Intersects Climate Change

Emmet Fox, PhD
Climate Conscious
Published in
6 min readMay 13, 2020

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An evocation of a class perspective remains absent from climate advocacy and debate. Emission disparities are routinely hidden by headline statistics referring to national emissions. Per capita and historical emissions, often used to reallocate blame to developed countries, still fit a narrative that individualises climate change responsibility.

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Emmet Fox, PhD
Climate Conscious

Sociologist writing about society, climate change, energy transition, critical thinking, etc https://twitter.com/EmGeFox & https://twitter.com/SociologyofCC