Organising Responses to Climate Change: The Politics of Mitigation, Adaptation and Suffering

ISBN-13: 9781009266932 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 215 str.

New South Wales) Bowden Vanessa (University of Newcastle

Opis

This book examines the responses of corporations and communities to the key challenges of climate change: mitigation, adaptation, and suffering.

Recenzje

'From sophisticated political analyses to a compassionate and courageous expose of the politics of climate suffering, this beautifully written book hits the mark on the key climate questions of the day.' Kari Norgaard, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, University of Oregon

Spis treści

Part I. The Politics of Climate Change; 1. Organising climate change; 2. The hegemony of corporate capitalism; Part II. The Politics of Climate Mitigation; 3. Fossil fuel hegemony, green business and growth; 4. Challenging fossil fuel expansion; Part III. The Politics of Climate Adaptation; 5. Climate adaptation and the maintenance of corporate hegemony; 6. Now is not the time: the social construction of adaptation; Part IV. The Politics of Climate Suffering; 7. The spectacle of suffering; 8. Solidarity and agency in climate suffering; Part V. The Politics of Climate Futures; 9. Decarbonisation, degrowth and democracy; 10. After the interregnum.