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Absurdity of the Climate Transition That Never Happened

In: The Absurd Workplace

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  • Matthijs Bal

    (University of Lincoln)

  • Andy Brookes

    (University of Lincoln)

  • Dieu Hack-Polay

    (University of Lincoln
    Crandall University)

  • Maria Kordowicz

    (University of Lincoln
    University of Nottingham)

  • John Mendy

    (University of Lincoln)

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.

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  • Matthijs Bal & Andy Brookes & Dieu Hack-Polay & Maria Kordowicz & John Mendy, 2023. "Absurdity of the Climate Transition That Never Happened," Springer Books, in: The Absurd Workplace, chapter 8, pages 175-200, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-17887-0_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17887-0_8
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