Sketching a Theory of Fossil Imperialism

This blogpost is a summary of the paper ‘State Power and Capital in the Climate Crisis: A Theory of Fossil Imperialism,’ presented by the authors of this blogpost during the “Confronting Climate Coloniality” - Paper Session at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) annual meeting on March 26th, 2023. It is also an overview of some of the main ideas that we hope to further develop this year. While the research behind the conference paper was carried out at RIFS, the opinions and viewpoints expressed herein are our own and do not represent the standpoints of RIFS as a whole.