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DESCRIPTION:Abstract. The shifting geopolitical and ecological circumstance
 s surrounding climate change are contributing to the strengthening of “gre
 en nationalisms” around the world – including in authoritarian states. Thi
 s talk explains the rise of green nationalism in the UAE\, where state-led
  discourse now uses sustainability tropes to reframe the country’s nationa
 l identity and values as “green.” Based on research about the UAE’s sustai
 nability agenda since 2018\, I show how top-down green nationalist storyli
 nes are transmitted through institutional\, policy\, and events landscapes
  in the years leading up to and including the UN COP28 climate talks in Du
 bai in December 2023. Emirati political elites are now using green nationa
 lism to cultivate symbolic capital domestically and internationally and\, 
 in so doing\, legitimate their authoritarian hold on state power – a growi
 ng global challenge\, as authoritarian countries are more motivated by reg
 ime durability than joining the global community for urgent climate action
 .\n\nBased on this Open Access article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do
 i/10.1111/nana.13042\n\nBiography: Natalie Koch is Professor of Geography 
 at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
  She is a political geographer who works on geopolitics\, authoritarianism
 \, identity politics\, and state power in hydrocarbon-rich countries\, pri
 marily in the Arabian Peninsula. In addition to editing several collection
 s\, including most recently Spatializing Authoritarianism (Syracuse Univer
 sity Press\, 2022)\, her monographs include The geopolitics of spectacle: 
 Space\, synecdoche\, and the new capitals of Asia (Cornell University Pres
 s\, 2018) and Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia (Vers
 o\, 2022).\n
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LOCATION:Room 426\, Burnside Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B9\, 805 rue 
 Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Natalie Koch (Syracuse University) - Authoritarian state power and 
 green nationalism in the UAE
URL:/geography/channels/event/natalie-koch-syracuse-un
 iversity-authoritarian-state-power-and-green-nationalism-uae-358267
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