The Climate Crisis and Other Animals

Richard Twine

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Sydney University Press
01 March 2024

Animals & society; Management of land & natural resources; Global warming

Series: Animal Politics

The Climate Crisis and Other Animals is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of our planet and the animals who live on it. Twine examines the impact of the climate crisis on non-human animals and argues for the importance of a climate and food justice movement inclusive of nonhuman animals.

The book examines the ways in which climate breakdown is affecting non-human animal species and delves deeply into the politicised controversy over the extent of emissions from animal agriculture, demonstrating the markedly lower emissions of eating vegan. Critical of misguided human-centred framings of the climate crisis, Twine makes clear the necessity of including practices of animal commodification, the importance of documenting the effect of a changing climate on other animal species, and the mitigative opportunities of a radical remaking of dominant humananimal relations.

The Climate Crisis and Other Animals addresses the emissions impacts of radical land-use changes and the twentieth century scaling-up of animal commodification within the animal-industrial complex, revealing how this system is interwoven in the gendered and racialised histories of capitalism. Twine collates an impressive body of scientific research that demonstrate both the already enormous impact of the climate crisis on the lives of nonhuman animals and the need to tackle the dominance of meat-based cultures.

Twine critically explores approaches to food transition and three potentially transformative scenarios for global food systems that could help dismantle the animal-industrial complex and create a more sustainable and just food system. Averting the climate and biodiversity crises requires nothing less than a radical transformation in how we see ourselves in relation to other species.

By: Richard Twine
Imprint: Sydney University Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9781743328996
ISBN 10: 1743328990
Series: Animal Politics
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 01 March 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I: The climate crisis and human–animal relations Chapter 1 Critical animal studies and the Capitalocene Chapter 2 Detailing the Capitalocene Chapter 3 How climate breakdown is undermining animal life Chapter 4 Animal omissions, animal emissions Part II: Transforming meat cultures Chapter 5 A child’s right to contest meat culture Chapter 6 Theorising transition Chapter 7 Toward the dismantling of the animal-industrial complex Chapter 8 From plant-based capitalism to system change Conclusion: Unearthing hope from real pessimism in the alliances yet to be References Index

Dr Richard Twine is Reader in Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for Human-Animal Relations (CfHAS), Edge Hill University, UK.