Abstract The marginal people of the Indian part of Sunderbans (SDB) do now subsist ‘between two fires’ – climate change and climate change adaptation and mitigation policies. They have already felt the fire of climate change in terms of loss of livelihoods, homelessness, and even life harm. They have begun recently to experience the fire of climate change adaptation and mitigation policies. The fallout of this situation, thus, comes in form of mass-exodus, and social and political conflicts at the margin. This article tells a story of how the postcolonial government in India, like its predecessor i.e. the British colonialists, would orchestrate a concerted effort in accumulation-based development in the name of conservation of SDB. Critically engaging the trajectory of policy interventions including the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the Draft National Forest Policy, 2018 and the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (Recognition of forest rights) act, 2006, it explores the dynamic way in which the government uses the climate change and conservation excuse to evict the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers from the forestlands. In conclusion, this article argues why we should go beyond the capitalist ‘growth’ narrative in order to formulate a more grounded climate and social justice legislation.

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“两难的角”！印度Sundarbans中的气候变化，森林保护和边缘人群

摘要印度桑德班（Sunderbans，SDB）地区的边缘人确实生活在“两场大火之间” –气候变化以及气候变化的适应和缓解政策。他们已经在丧失生计，无家可归甚至危害生命方面感受到了气候变化的火焰。他们最近开始体验适应和缓解气候变化的政策。因此，这种情况的后果是大规模外逃，社会和政治冲突处于边缘。本文讲述了一个故事，讲述了印度后殖民政府如何像其前身即英国殖民主义者那样，以保护深发展的名义协调一致地开展基于积累的发展。严格参与政策干预的轨迹，包括1980年的《森林（保护）法》，在《 2018年国家森林政策草案》和《附表部落和其他传统森林居民（承认森林权利）法》（2006年）中，探索了政府利用气候变化和保护借口驱逐附表部落和其他传统森林的动态方式来自林地的森林居民。总而言之，本文提出了为什么我们应该超越资本主义的“增长”叙事，以制定更加扎实的气候和社会正义立法。