Book contents
- The Climate Crisis
- Reviews
- The Climate Crisis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Glossary
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Background
- 1 The History of Human-Caused Global Heating
- 2 Climate Science
- 3 Climate Impacts
- 4 Capitalism and the Climate Crisis
- Part II From Skepticism to Belief
- Part III From Belief to Action
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Capitalism and the Climate Crisis
from Part I - Background
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2022
- The Climate Crisis
- Reviews
- The Climate Crisis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Glossary
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Background
- 1 The History of Human-Caused Global Heating
- 2 Climate Science
- 3 Climate Impacts
- 4 Capitalism and the Climate Crisis
- Part II From Skepticism to Belief
- Part III From Belief to Action
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 4 examines the role played by contemporary capitalism in both massively escalating emissions and creating structural, ideological, and psychological barriers to efforts to cut emissions.
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- The Climate CrisisScience, Impacts, Policy, Psychology, Justice, Social Movements, pp. 84 - 108Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022