Climate obstruction in the Global South: Future research trajectories
Guy Edwards, Paul K. Gellert, Omar Faruque, Kathryn Hochstetler, Pamela McElwee, Prakash Kaswhan, Ruth E. McKie, Carlos R. S. Milani, J. Timmons Roberts, Jonathan Walz
Abstract
“Climate Obstruction” broadly refers to campaigns and other policy actions led by well-organized and financed networks of corporate and other actors who have actively sought to prevent global and/or national action on climate change over the past four decades. In turn, these campaigns often shape public debates, which can affect political support and collective mobilization to mitigate climate change. However, to date, most of the research on climate obstruction has focused on countries in the Global North, especially the United States. Given considerable gaps in research and knowledge, this opinion paper presents a future research agenda needs to shine greater light on if and in what form climate obstruction in the Global South appears.