Absurdity of the Climate Transition That Never Happened

Matthijs Bal (), Andy Brookes (), Dieu Hack-Polay (), Maria Kordowicz () and John Mendy ()
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Matthijs Bal: University of Lincoln
Andy Brookes: University of Lincoln
Dieu Hack-Polay: University of Lincoln
Maria Kordowicz: University of Lincoln
John Mendy: University of Lincoln

Chapter 8 in The Absurd Workplace, 2023, pp 175-200 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter discusses the absurdity of the climate transition that never happened. After briefly reviewing the history of awareness of climate change and the historical movements that have emerged and raised attention to the necessity of climate action (e.g., Club of Rome), the chapter follows with a more recent overview of the various societal dynamics that underpin the inertia towards climate action. Climate inertia can be understood as another form of absurdity whereby the current status quo is normalized (e.g., that governments and companies are doing enough to address climate change; that climate action should not interfere with economic rationale). By discussing climate inertia as hypernormalized absurdity, new insights are generated into the perpetuation of the status quo. Moreover, new ways out of the hypernormalized situation can be constructed through the process of problematization, resistance, imagining, and transformation.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17887-0_8

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