New Report - Global Green Industrial Policy Navigating Power Dynamics for a Pro-Working-Class, Pro-Development Green Transformation

[Thea Riofrancos]

Hi All,

I am pleased to share our new report, published by Climate and Community Institute and co-authored by me and Isabel Estevez, "Global Green Industrial Policy Navigating Power Dynamics for a Pro-Working-Class, Pro-Development Green Transformation"

In the report, we ask: In a world riven by inequality and devastated by climate + ecological crisis, what would it take for "green industrial policy" to empower the working class in the Global South and North, and truly be green?

To answer this question, we globally and holistically analyze green industrial policy, departing from the usual (1) methodological nationalism (2) narrow definitions of "green" (3) neglect of non-elite actors (4) promotion of a status-quo biased transition over system transformation. And we explore tools often ignored in GIP debates, from South-South economic coordination, to anti-trust policies, to more robust analysis of sustainability that account for supply chain impacts, and situate our analysis in today's turbulent geopolitics.

I hope it's useful for folks on this list!

Warmly,
Thea

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Thea Riofrancos (she/her)

http://www.theariofrancos.com/

Associate Professor of Political Science, Providence College

Strategic Co-Director, Climate and Community Institute