Surviving climate change : the struggle to avert global catastrophe / edited by David Cromwell and Mark Levene.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cromwell, David, 1962-

Levene, Mark, 1953-

Theobald, John, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes--Prevention.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Struggle to avert global catastrophe

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press : In association with Crisis Forum, 2007.

Summary:

Climate change is a pressing reality. From Hurricane Katrina to melting polar ice, and from mass extinctions to increased threats to food and water security, the link between state-corporate globalisation and planetary blowback is becoming all too evident.

Governments and business keep reassuring the public they are addressing the climate threat. This book brings together some leading activists who disagree. They expose the inertia, denial, deception - even threats to our civil liberties - which comprise mainstream responses from civil and military policy makers, and from opinion formers in the media, corporations and academia.

An epochal change is called for in the way we all engage with the climate crisis. Key to that change is renowned climate activist Aubrey Meyer's 'Contraction and Convergence' framework for limiting global carbon emissions. His contribution and that of other leading environmentalists, including Mayer Hillman and George Marshall, make this a vital guide to how mass mobilisation can avert the looming catastrophe.

Contents:

Introduction: Survival Means Renewal / Mark Levene, David Cromwell 1

Part I The Big Picture

1 The Case for Contraction and Convergence / Aubrey Meyer 29

Part II The State and its Apparatus

2 Thinking the Worst: The Pentagon Report / Dave Webb 59

3 Preparing for Mass Refugee Flows: The Corporate Military Sector / Steve Wright 82

4 Climate Change and the Political Process: Consequences for Government Action in Britain / James Humphreys 102

Part III Critical Players

5 First They Blocked, Now Do They Bluff? Corporations Respond to Climate Change / Melanie Jarman 123

6 Mostly Missing the Point: Business Responses to Climate Change / David Ballard 137

7 The Mass Media, Climate Change, and How Things Might Be / John Theobald, Marianne McKiggan 158

8 Having the Information, but What Do You Then Do With It? The Scientific and Academic Communities / Jonathan Ward 176

9 Asleep On Their Watch: Where Were the NGOs? / George Marshall 196

Part IV The Challenge Ahead

10 Clearing the Pathways to Transformation / Susan Ballard, David Ballard 219

11 Averting Climate Change: The Need for Englightened Self-Interest / Jim Scott 239

Afterword: Where Do We Go From Here? / Mayer Hillman 253

Appendix 1 A Layperson's Glossary of the Global Politics of Climate Change / Tim Helweg-Larsen, Jo Abbess 266

Appendix 2 Climate-related Groups and Other Relevant Websites 277.

Notes:

"In memory of John Theobald, our friend and fellow campaigner"--P. [v].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745325682

0745325688

074532567X

9780745325675

OCLC:

154769370