Climate Change Adaptation through Economic Democracy
with Shriraksha Mohan
Description: As global climate change poses a serious threat to humanity's survival, equitable and just climate change adaptation has become the focus of several climate movements, social justice groups, governments, and international organizations. Climate sciences and studies have concluded that climate change not only impacts the planet's natural ecosystems, but also has cascading negative consequences on society and the economy. The existing paradigm of economic development has created vast wealth and resource inequality. The inequality further exacerbates the ill effects of climate change and makes vulnerable communities bear a disproportionate amount of the burden of climate catastrophes. This necessitates replacing the system that created the climate crisis with a holistic new vision for development to enable a justice-based climate change adaptation and sustainable growth. This discussion aims to find an alignment between holistic models of development such as Prout, policy proposals such as job guarantee programs, democratic and de-commodified work, and grassroots climate movements to strengthen communities through economic democracy and enable a justice-based climate change adaptation through resilient local economies.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/econ_student_papers_economies/34/
Shriraksha Mohan has been studying and promoting Prout ever since she heard about Prout as a holistic and spiritually oriented socio-economic model. She has a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and has had a long career as a software professional. To better understand Economics, she is now pursuing a Master of Science Degree in Social and Applied Economics. She actively works on Prout advocacy through Prout education, writing, and outreach efforts. She co-authored a chapter on Prout in the book, Climate Adaptation: Accounts of Resilience, Self-Sufficiency and Systems Change. She serves on the board of Prout Research Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
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