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Global capitalism and climate change : the need for an alternative world system / Hans A. Baer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baer, Hans A., 1944- author.
- Series:
- Environment and society
- Environment and Society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
- Climatic changes.
- Globalization.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]
- Contents:
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Impact of Climate Change on the Environment and Human Societies
- Anthropogenic Climate Change
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Impacts of Climate Change on the Environment
- Rising Sea Levels, Warming Oceans, Melting Ice Caps and Glaciers, and Disintegrating Peat Bogs
- Erratic Weather Patterns
- Safe Temperatures and Tipping Points
- The Impact of Climate Change on Human Societies
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2: The Capitalist World System and Its Contradictions
- Profit Making, Economic Growth, and the Treadmill of Production and Consumption
- The On-Going Socioeconomic Gap
- Depletion of Natural Resources and Environmental Degradation
- Poverty, Population Growth, and the Environment
- Resource Wars
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: The Capitalist Treadmill of Production and Consumption as a Generator of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- The Heavy Reliance of Global Capitalism on Fossil Fuels
- Transportation
- Buildings
- The Cloud
- A Seemingly Endless Array of Consumer Items
- Tourism and Travel
- Industrial Agriculture, Fishing, and Logging
- Militarism and Wars
- Ecological Footprints and GHG Emissions of the United States, China, Saudi Arabia, and Australia
- Chapter 4: The Inadequacies of Existing Climate Regimes for Mitigating Climate Change
- Climate Regimes
- United Nations-Related Bodies
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- The Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Joint Implementation, the Clean Development Mechanism, and Other Offsets
- Carbon Pricing: Carbon Taxes and Emission Trading Schemes
- The European Emissions Trading Scheme
- Other Regional Climate Regimes
- National, State, and Provincial Climate Regimes
- The United States
- China
- Chapter 5: Why Green Capitalism Is Insufficient to Mitigate Climate Change
- Green Capitalism and Environmental Sustainability
- Climate Capitalism
- Conventional Economists Take on Climate Change
- The G7 on Climate Change
- The United Nations and Green Capitalism
- Mainstream NGOs on Green Capitalism
- Green New Deals
- Ecological Modernization
- Renewable Energy Sources, Energy Efficiency, and Hybrid Cars
- Carbon Capture and Storage, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, Biofuels, and Biochar
- The Climate Skeptics
- Corporate Environmentalism
- Chapter 6: The Climate Movement: Internationally, Nationally, and Locally
- The International Climate Movement
- The U.S. Climate Movement
- The Australian Climate Movement
- The Climate Movement in the Global South
- Transforming the Climate Movement into a Climate Justice Movement
- Chapter 7: Visions of the Future: Dystopia, Reflexive Modernization, and Ecosocialism
- The Road to Dystopia
- Reflexive Modernization
- Notes:
- Revised edition of the author's Global capitalism and climate change, c2012.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-299) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Baer, Hans A., 1944- Global capitalism and climate change.
- ISBN:
- 9781666901795
- 1666901792
- Publisher Number:
- 99993753650
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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