Columbia University Press has published a book co-authored by Nikhar Gaikwad, whose research spans international and comparative political economy, with a focus on the politics of economic policymaking.
“Climate Justice Now: Crossing Disciplines to Combat Our Planetary Crisis” offers “a comprehensive exploration of debates on climate justice across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities,” according to the publisher. “Synthesizing these divergent approaches, it develops a new conceptual framework that transcends disciplinary divides, providing a deeper and richer understanding of climate justice.”
Gaikwad is the interim leader for the current academic year, on behalf of Professor M. Victoria Murillo, of the Political Economy of Climate Idea Lab with Columbia’s Center for Political Economy. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and a member of the Committee on Global Thought, the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, and the South Asia Institute at Columbia University. In addition, he is the senior founding codirector of the Columbia Climate School’s Earth Network on Decarbonization, Climate Resilience, and Climate Justice.
The book’s co-authors include Rebecca Marwege and Joerg Schaefer.
Marwege is an assistant professor of environmental politics at the American University of Paris. She previously served as the junior director of the Columbia Climate School Earth Network on Decarbonization, Climate Resilience, and Climate Justice.
Schaefer is a Lamont Research Professor in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and adjunct professor of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University. He is the senior founding codirector of the Columbia Climate School Earth Network on Decarbonization, Climate Resilience, and Climate Justice.
Reviews of the book by peers include the following from Michael Brownstein, co-author of “Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change” (MIT Press):
“Climate injustice abounds. Scholars of all sorts aim to understand and change it, but they rarely compare notes. This volume brings the best in all the businesses together, making a major contribution in service of the fight for a more just world.”
