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Feeding the World in Times of Climate Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2019

Anne Saab
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Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
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This book starts with the assumptions that hunger is a problem and that climate change is exacerbating it. A central question, therefore, is: how do we feed the world in times of climate change? Another important premise is that international law is implicated in addressing hunger in the face of climate change and might therefore provide part of the answer to feeding the world. There is, however, not a single understanding of exactly what kind of problem hunger is and exactly how climate change affects hunger. Depending on how the problem of hunger is understood, possible solutions to it differ. International law plays a role not only in devising solutions to the problem of climate change-induced hunger, but also in constructing the very narratives of hunger that inform the problem in the first place. This book aims to reveal how international law reinforces prevailing narratives of hunger that shape possible approaches to feeding the world in times of climate change. Two prevailing and seemingly contradictory narratives of hunger are identified here: the dominant neoliberal narrative that focuses on increasing food production and the oppositional, and aspirational, food sovereignty narrative that emphasizes access to and distribution of food. The forthcoming chapters will demonstrate how distinct areas of international law contribute to constructing and reinforcing each of the narratives. Ultimately, I argue that the narratives of hunger in international law, despite their apparent opposition to each other, are based on the same set of underlying assumptions about hunger and climate change. They are thus inherently narrow and limit the ways of feeding the world that are considered possible.
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Narratives of Hunger in International Law
Feeding the World in Times of Climate Change
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Introduction
  • Anne Saab, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
  • Book: Narratives of Hunger in International Law
  • Online publication: 28 March 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108670906.002
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  • Introduction
  • Anne Saab, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
  • Book: Narratives of Hunger in International Law
  • Online publication: 28 March 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108670906.002
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  • Introduction
  • Anne Saab, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
  • Book: Narratives of Hunger in International Law
  • Online publication: 28 March 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108670906.002
Available formats
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