By Razmig Keucheyan
ISBN-10: 1509503773
ISBN-13: 9781509503773
ISBN-10: 1509503781
ISBN-13: 9781509503780
In the midst of the present ecological predicament, there's frequently lofty speak of the necessity for humanity to ‘overcome its divisions’ and interact to take on the large demanding situations of our time. yet as this new publication via Razmig Keucheyan indicates, the true photograph is especially assorted. simply take the case of the siting of poisonous waste landfills within the usa: in order to comprehend the place waste is probably to be dumped, wonder the place Blacks, Hispanics, local american citizens and different racial minorities dwell and the place the poorest neighbourhoods are. this type of ‘environmental racism’ is not at all limited to the us: it's very a lot an international phenomenon.
Keucheyan express how the capitalist reaction to the challenge has been marked via a big enlargement in ‘environmental finance’. From ‘carbon markets’ to ‘pollution permits’, ‘climate derivatives’ and ‘catastrophe bonds’, we're seeing a proliferation of nature-related monetary items. rather than tackling the foundation of the matter, the neoliberal approach seeks to learn from environmental risks.
Moreover, with the increase in ordinary failures, source shortage, nutrients crises, the destabilization of the poles and oceans and the chance of hundreds of thousands of ‘climate refugees’, Western powers are more and more adopting an army reaction to ecological difficulties. The chilly struggle is over: welcome to the ‘green wars’. From New Orleans to the Siachen glacier through the Arctic floes, Keucheyan explores the landmark websites of this new ‘climate geostrategy’.
Through a pointy critique of how capitalism responds to environmental catastrophe, this leading edge publication offers a clean point of view on one of the most severe concerns confronting our societies today.
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