Here are some important articles regarding climate change from other websites. The reader will feel amusing going through it...
Can consumer choices ward off the worst effects of climate change? An expert explains.
The United Nations report on climate change released this week contains some dire news for humanity: It says we have less than two decades and plenty of hard work ahead to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avoid catastrophic consequences to the planet. In response to the report, some outlets have made lists of what individuals can do to personally combat climate change, from limiting their meat consumption to carpooling or taking public transportation. Others, however, have argued that individual consumption changes are futile since 70 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to 100 companies, according to a 2017 “Carbon Majors” report by the Climate Accountability Institute….>>>
Interview - Climate Change Is the Product of How Capitalism “Values” Nature
Climate change is the greatest existential crisis facing humanity today. Capitalist industrialization has led us to the edge of the precipice, and avoiding the end of civilization as we know it may require the development of a view in direct opposition to the way in which capitalism “values” nature, according to John Bellamy Foster, professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of the socialist magazine Monthly Review….>>>
The Climate Crisis? It’s Capitalism, Stupid
When a company makes a decision that is destructive to the environment, for instance, it is not because there are bad or unintelligent people in charge: Directors typically have a fiduciary responsibility that makes the bottom line their only priority. They serve a function, and if they don’t, others can take their place. If something goes wrong — which is to say, if something endangers profit making — they can serve as convenient scapegoats, but any stupid or dangerous decisions they make result from being personifications of capital….>>>
What will it really take to avoid collapse?
In November, more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries issued a dire warning to humanity. Because of our overconsumption of the world's resources, they declared, we are facing "widespread misery and catastrophic biodiversity loss." They warned that time is running out: "Soon it will be too late to shift course away from our failing trajectory."….>>>
Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals
While we busy ourselves greening our personal lives, fossil fuel corporations are rendering these efforts irrelevant. The breakdown of carbon emissions since 1988? A hundred companies alone are responsible for an astonishing 71%. You tinker with those pens or that panel; they go on torching the planet.
The freedom of these corporations to pollute – and the fixation on a feeble lifestyle response – is no accident. It is the result of an ideological war, waged over the last 40 years, against the possibility of collective action….>>>
Why the rich are to blame for climate crisis
First, emissions from their luxury lifestyles are massive. Think of all the building materials and energy used in their mansions, the regular flights on private jets and the pollution associated with manufacturing all the luxury items they consume. According to a 2015 report by the charity Oxfam, someone in the wealthiest 1 percent globally emits, on average, 175 times more carbon than someone in the poorest 10 percent. The poorest half of the world’s population–almost 4 billion people–is responsible for just 10 percent of emissions….>>>
Extinction Rebellion: A new stage for the climate change movement
I’m sure there are very many people who feel the Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests in London over Easter mark a watershed.
First, there is the scale. There have been important direct action movements. Probably the biggest was the Committee of 100’s campaign against nuclear weapons in 1961-62.
But I can’t think of anything that has been as sustained as this—thousands of people in a week so far of highly disruptive protests in central London….>>>
Revolutionary Strategy in a Warming World
How can climate justice activists stop capitalism’s drive to catastrophe? The author of Fossil Capital considers lessons from past revolutions and proposes an action program for today….>>>
Who’s to Blame for Climate Change: ‘consumerism’ or capitalism?
This ideological campaign to pin the blame for environmental problems onto ordinary working people neglects the fact that the majority of ecological damage is not due to our individual contributions, but by systemic causes that we currently have no control over. The mantra of “every little helps” is a myth. David MacKay, chief scientific advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) comments in his book ‘Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air’ that, “If everyone does a little, we’ll achieve only ...>>>
Capitalism is killing the planet – we need a revolution
Immediate action is needed. A massive reduction in emissions and pollution levels is essential. And large-scale mitigation measures must be taken, such as the construction of flood defences and reforestation. But the capitalists and their political representatives are completely incapable of carrying out the radical changes that are required....>>>
Climate chaos: capitalism to blame
Over recent years we have seen one record after another broken. Extreme weather events are becoming the rule, not the exception. Of the hottest ten years recorded since 1880, no less than eight of them have occurred since 2008. The evidence is irrefutable.
So far temperature changes have increased in proportion to the accumulated quantities of greenhouse gases that we have spewed into the atmosphere. However, this may be set to change....>>>
Take control of the monopolies to fight climate change
Furthering the case for public and democratic control of energy, the Climatic Change study points out that half of all industrial emissions in history occurred in the last 25 years. In other words, the majority of all emissions have occurred since it had already become clear that we are on the road to disaster....>>>
Can consumer choices ward off the worst effects of climate change? An expert explains.
The United Nations report on climate change released this week contains some dire news for humanity: It says we have less than two decades and plenty of hard work ahead to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avoid catastrophic consequences to the planet. In response to the report, some outlets have made lists of what individuals can do to personally combat climate change, from limiting their meat consumption to carpooling or taking public transportation. Others, however, have argued that individual consumption changes are futile since 70 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to 100 companies, according to a 2017 “Carbon Majors” report by the Climate Accountability Institute….>>>
Interview - Climate Change Is the Product of How Capitalism “Values” Nature
Climate change is the greatest existential crisis facing humanity today. Capitalist industrialization has led us to the edge of the precipice, and avoiding the end of civilization as we know it may require the development of a view in direct opposition to the way in which capitalism “values” nature, according to John Bellamy Foster, professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of the socialist magazine Monthly Review….>>>
The Climate Crisis? It’s Capitalism, Stupid
When a company makes a decision that is destructive to the environment, for instance, it is not because there are bad or unintelligent people in charge: Directors typically have a fiduciary responsibility that makes the bottom line their only priority. They serve a function, and if they don’t, others can take their place. If something goes wrong — which is to say, if something endangers profit making — they can serve as convenient scapegoats, but any stupid or dangerous decisions they make result from being personifications of capital….>>>
What will it really take to avoid collapse?
In November, more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries issued a dire warning to humanity. Because of our overconsumption of the world's resources, they declared, we are facing "widespread misery and catastrophic biodiversity loss." They warned that time is running out: "Soon it will be too late to shift course away from our failing trajectory."….>>>
Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals
While we busy ourselves greening our personal lives, fossil fuel corporations are rendering these efforts irrelevant. The breakdown of carbon emissions since 1988? A hundred companies alone are responsible for an astonishing 71%. You tinker with those pens or that panel; they go on torching the planet.
The freedom of these corporations to pollute – and the fixation on a feeble lifestyle response – is no accident. It is the result of an ideological war, waged over the last 40 years, against the possibility of collective action….>>>
Why the rich are to blame for climate crisis
First, emissions from their luxury lifestyles are massive. Think of all the building materials and energy used in their mansions, the regular flights on private jets and the pollution associated with manufacturing all the luxury items they consume. According to a 2015 report by the charity Oxfam, someone in the wealthiest 1 percent globally emits, on average, 175 times more carbon than someone in the poorest 10 percent. The poorest half of the world’s population–almost 4 billion people–is responsible for just 10 percent of emissions….>>>
Extinction Rebellion: A new stage for the climate change movement
I’m sure there are very many people who feel the Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests in London over Easter mark a watershed.
First, there is the scale. There have been important direct action movements. Probably the biggest was the Committee of 100’s campaign against nuclear weapons in 1961-62.
But I can’t think of anything that has been as sustained as this—thousands of people in a week so far of highly disruptive protests in central London….>>>
Revolutionary Strategy in a Warming World
How can climate justice activists stop capitalism’s drive to catastrophe? The author of Fossil Capital considers lessons from past revolutions and proposes an action program for today….>>>
Who’s to Blame for Climate Change: ‘consumerism’ or capitalism?
This ideological campaign to pin the blame for environmental problems onto ordinary working people neglects the fact that the majority of ecological damage is not due to our individual contributions, but by systemic causes that we currently have no control over. The mantra of “every little helps” is a myth. David MacKay, chief scientific advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) comments in his book ‘Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air’ that, “If everyone does a little, we’ll achieve only ...>>>
Capitalism is killing the planet – we need a revolution
Immediate action is needed. A massive reduction in emissions and pollution levels is essential. And large-scale mitigation measures must be taken, such as the construction of flood defences and reforestation. But the capitalists and their political representatives are completely incapable of carrying out the radical changes that are required....>>>
Climate chaos: capitalism to blame
Over recent years we have seen one record after another broken. Extreme weather events are becoming the rule, not the exception. Of the hottest ten years recorded since 1880, no less than eight of them have occurred since 2008. The evidence is irrefutable.
So far temperature changes have increased in proportion to the accumulated quantities of greenhouse gases that we have spewed into the atmosphere. However, this may be set to change....>>>
Take control of the monopolies to fight climate change
Furthering the case for public and democratic control of energy, the Climatic Change study points out that half of all industrial emissions in history occurred in the last 25 years. In other words, the majority of all emissions have occurred since it had already become clear that we are on the road to disaster....>>>
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