Religious Transnationalism and Climate Change: The Role of Non-State Actors (Human Rights Interventions)

This book examines the role of religious actors in the field of climate change and especially in the international mobilization and negotiations to address the issue. It analyzes the mode of action and their discourses on multilateral platforms such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The international Climate Change Framework Convention is primarily a process that can best be understood by analyzing the various steps taken by the international community, and specifically by different religious groupings, here, in the project manuscript, mainly Christians but also Muslims and Buddhists, in raising environmental consciousness through their programs. The interfaith dimension also plays a major role and needs to be studied in terms of the international realm of international liberal theories based on reciprocity, interdependence and cooperation but also within the framework of Sustainable Development Goals. Sadouni Samadia is Associate Professor in Political Science at Sciences Po Lyon, Universite de Lyon, France, and member of Triangle, UMR 5206 CNRS. Her last book published by Palgrave Macmillan is about transnational religious mobilisation of Muslims in Southern Africa (Muslims in Southern Africa. Johannesburgs Somali Diaspora, 2019) Acknowledgements Contents 1 Introduction: Religious Actors and Climate Change Outline of the Chapters Religion and State Climate Policies 2 Cosmopolitanism in Globalisation and New Forms of Transnational Religious Mobilisation Non-State Actors and Changes in World Politics Transnational Social Field Cosmopolitical Practices in International Relations 3 Religions from the Field of Development to Climate Change Climate and International Relations: Nexus of Climate Change, Environment and Development Conferences of the Parties (COPs) of the UNFCCC: The Climate Negotiations The Kyoto Protocol North/South Divide The Paris Agreement 4 Religious Actions to Address Climate Change: The International Platform Positions Taken on the Eve of COP 21- Paris Agreement Climate Justice Prevention, Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change 5 Climate Action, Religion and Civil Society in South Africa African National Congress (ANC): Dialogue of Religions and Public Policy SAFCEI: Cooperation, Tensions and Reconciliation Between the Environmental Faith-Based NGO Sector and the State The Moral Economy of Development, the Neoliberal Context and Religious Citizenship SAFCEI and the Concept of an Eco-Congregation SAFCEI’s Political Relations Democracy and the Issue of Social Inequalities 6 Conclusion: Towards Convergence Index