Visualizing the Rise of Authoritarian Carbon (1992–2022)
Using data from V-Dem, Freedom House, and the Global Carbon Budget, the author visualizes how authoritarian and nondemocratic regimes have sharply increased their share of global CO 2 emissions over the past three decades. Authoritarian regimes now account for more than 60 percent of emissions, whil...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Socius |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231251314662 |
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| Summary: | Using data from V-Dem, Freedom House, and the Global Carbon Budget, the author visualizes how authoritarian and nondemocratic regimes have sharply increased their share of global CO 2 emissions over the past three decades. Authoritarian regimes now account for more than 60 percent of emissions, while liberal democracies contribute roughly one-third. This shift has significant implications for climate governance. Yet climate change remains peripheral in sociology, in which research continues to focus on Western democracies. Sociology can play a critical role in examining how authoritarian environmental governance shapes both environmental outcomes and climate justice. |
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| ISSN: | 2378-0231 |