Coordinators:
Sophia Hagolani-Albov (Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki)
Markus Kröger (Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki)
Sanna Komi (Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki)

Description: 
Climatic ecological tipping points are critical thresholds, which once crossed, will lead to irreversible and cascading ecological and by extension social changes. While scientific research has already identified several critical tipping points and has made repeated calls for immediate action, there is active political resistance to change stemming from authoritarian leaders and radical rightwing populists. In this panel we are interested in papers addressing the 9 global climate tipping points, their politics, political economy, and especially the extractivist projects and systems steering societies towards crossing these tipping points. Through the papers and discussion in our working group, we would like to cultivate a better understanding of the links between extractive politics and approaching tipping point events.

To this end, we invite researchers working in and around global climate tipping points to join us for this co-creative discussion. Tipping points include, but are not limited to, deforestation and land use change in the Amazon rainforest and Boreal forests, melting of sea ice and ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctic, the Atlantic Ocean current circulation slowdown, coral reef degradation, and changes in permafrost and thaw. We are most interested in papers that focus on these global tipping elements, from the broad perspective of global development studies, but also welcome contributions from other fields.

Type of call:
Call for Papers/Abstracts

Participation mode:
Hybrid (In-person and Zoom)

Submission details:
Please send your abstract (max. 300 words) for consideration to Sophia Hagolani-Albov (sophia.hagolani-albov (at) helsinki.fi).

Please use the following for the submission subject line “Abstract – Global climate tipping points and extractive politics”.

Funding note:
Please note participants are expected to secure their own funding for all costs related to participation in the session.

Contact:  
Sophia Hagolani-Albov, sophia.hagolani-albov@helsinki.fi