Narrating Nature’s Margins: Political Ecology and Literary Responses to Climate Vulnerability and Sustainability

Abstract

The earth needs be smiling with mirth along with the flora and fauna. Life's seamless flow depends entirely on our commitment to maintaining the harmony of our ecosystem. The roadblocks to true ecological balance may be explored through in-depth study of the theme ‘from vulnerability to sustainable futures’. The study aims at bridging the gap between biological conservation and human-centric political ecology. Environmental issues and changes are deeply related to power dynamics, economic structures and historical legacies like colonialism. Climate crisis does not affect equally to all, rather it depends on the extent of exposure, sensitivity and a lack of adaptive capacity. The risk identification for the sustainable development of our entire ecosystem is not only derived from this disproportionate impact; it is also no less relatable to the Anthropocene context, i.e., our current geological age where human activity is the dominant influence on climate and environment. The transformation of the Nature is a slow process. In order to achieve social and environmental justice, timely action is needed much to ensure fairer access of all to the available resources as well as the empowerment of the marginalized communities to it. Moreover, to check people from doing any environmentally damaging practice watch on keeping a vigil on political ecology is also the crying need of the time. The political and socio-economic realities of our environment have great impact on the sustainable growth for future generation. Emphasizing climate fiction (CLI-FI), the study highlights the power of literary voices that weave hard scientific data with profound emotional truth, bringing the stark reality of the climate crisis into sharp focus.