Alteracións climáticas e mudanza democrática. Unha aproximación dende a ecoloxía política.

Abstract

Climate change represents an urgent challenge for modern democracies and for collective actions forms organized to fight against the consequences of this phenomenon. Can democratic systems evolve to face these challenges? This work designs a reformulation of liberal democracy based on two general principles: sustainability and democratization of democracy. Bearing in mind that the consequences of climate change will have a considerable impact on the social forms of organization, I will analyze the link between sustainability and democracy for two main reasons. In the first place, to settle what I talking about when I talk about sustainability. Second, to study how the new risks caused by climate change will require a new interpretation of the current forms of representative democracy.