Selin Sees More Climate Activism in 2020
Henrik Selin, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was asked by BUExperts to look into the prospects of global climate change in 2020. He sees more social activism ahead, but is hopeful that while clean energy economy would require “a fundamental restructuring of energy systems away from fossil fuels to low-carbon sources.. this is both achievable and urgently needed.”
Read the entire piece, here, which asked Boston University researchers to predict the prognosis for political, business and environmental outlook for the new year. An excerpt of Selin’s view:
The growing social mobilization around climate change in countries all over the world is a significant political development. It has brought both young people and adults to the streets in record numbers. It will take time to develop and implement a more ambitious climate policy, but there is a strong social movement carrying over into the New Year, urging decision-makers to act.
Henrik Selin conducts research and teaches classes on global and regional politics and policy making on environment and sustainable development. His most recent book is EU and Environmental Governance, by Routledge Press, and is also the author of Global Governance of Hazardous Chemicals: Challenges of Multilevel Management by MIT Press. Read more about him here.