Development Theory and Climate Change

Abstract

The relationship between development and climate change has become one of the defining issues of contemporary social science. While the literature on climate governance continues to expand rapidly, relatively few studies return to the classical traditions of development theory to assess their ongoing analytical value in understanding the climate crisis. The 2007 co-Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed Salih's "Development Theory and Climate Change" precisely addresses this gap. Gathering decades of scientific work in the fields of development studies, political economy, environmental governance, and international development, Salih offers a theoretically ambitious rethinking of how competing development paradigms explain the origins and responses to global climate change.