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Abstract

This study examines Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel The Ministry for the Future using the theoretical concept of Ecocosmopolitanism and Planetary Citizenship developed by Ursula K. Heise. The focus of the study is on the character of Mary Murphy, who plays a major role in the global efforts to confront climate change. The study investigates how Mary acts as a planetary citizen, boosting collective responsibility and global cooperation to resolve environmental crisis. The novel also depicts some main environmental issues, such as rising global temperatures, melting glaciers, sea-level rise, sever heatwaves, loss of biodiversity, and acidification and deoxygenation of oceans. The research is qualitative in nature. The primary source of collecting data is the novel itself, while the secondary data is gathered from different research articles, theses, and academic papers. Furthermore, this research highlights how speculative fiction like The Ministry for the Future can provide new dimensions of thinking about planetary ecological problems. It also presents how Literature can assist the concept of global citizenship and mutual responsibility to control climate change. This investigation enhances to the developing field of ecocritical literary studies, especially in relation to climate fiction and global ecology.