The “Greening” of Empire
The European Green Deal as the EU first agenda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7971740 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diana Vela Almeida (Utrecht University, corresponding author), Vijay K Kolinjivadi (0000-0002-3619-7752, University of Antwerp), Vijay Kolinjivadi, Tomaso Ferrando (0000-0001-7034-3592, University of Antwerp), Bernard Roy (0000-0002-5686-337X, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), H Herrera (0000-0003-0696-4890, University of Antwerp), Marcela Vecchione Gonçalves (0000-0002-9171-5161), Gert Van Hecken (0000-0001-8496-3194, University of Antwerp) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Pages | 102925 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0962-6298 • E-ISSN: 1873-5096 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102925 |
| OpenAlex | W4383506026 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 85 |
| References cited | 36 |
The recent past has seen the proposal of multiple ‘Green New Deals’ across geographies as a means to fight against the climate crisis and ecological breakdown. Of these, the European Green Deal- EGD represents the world's first public commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Because the EGD plans to “transform the EU,” in this paper we examine how it fits within a historical continuum of colonial and neo-colonial relations. We argue that the EGD is the latest discursive strategy for the ‘greening' of empire through four registers: (1) turning ecological crises into profitable opportunities; (2) portraying the EU as a ‘moral’ intervener; (3) building on a ‘green' “will to improve”; and (4) securitizing and consolidating the empire. We find how the EU acts in key policy arenas of diplomacy, trade and investment leading to the ‘greening' of the empire that ensures its continued economic and political leadership while fundamentally maintaining a status quo. We conclude with some reflections on the role of the EU to cede place to other possibilities of building anti-colonial ecologies
Colonialism · Diplomacy · Economics · Economy · Empire · Greening · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Status quo · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Law · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
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Jolts at the ballot box
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Evolving Earth observation capabilities for recent land-related EU policies
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Contesting just transitions
Attacking the roots
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Economics and climate emergency
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Security and the incalculable
Messiness of forest governance
Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange
The cognitive empire, politics of knowledge and African intellectual productions
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Human Rights and Root Causes
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| Unique citing works | 85 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 28,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 75 |