Global capitalism and climate change
Baer, Hans A., 1944-
Global capitalism and climate change the need for an alternative world system / [electronic resource] : Hans A. Baer. - Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, 2012. - xi, 353 p. - Globalization and the environment series . - Globalization and the environment. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The impact of climate change on the environment and human societies -- The capitalist world system and its contradictions -- The capitalist treadmill of production and consumption as a generator of greenhouse gas emissions -- The inadequacies of existing climate regimes for mitigating climate change -- Why green capitalism is insufficient to mitigate climate change -- A vision of an alternative world system : toward global democracy based on social justice and environmental sustainability -- Toward an ecological revolution : progressive transitional reforms -- Grass-roots responses to the climate change : internationally, nationally, and locally -- Conclusion.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
Globalization.
Sustainable development.
Electronic books.
QC903 / .B14 2012eb
330.12/6
Global capitalism and climate change the need for an alternative world system / [electronic resource] : Hans A. Baer. - Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, 2012. - xi, 353 p. - Globalization and the environment series . - Globalization and the environment. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The impact of climate change on the environment and human societies -- The capitalist world system and its contradictions -- The capitalist treadmill of production and consumption as a generator of greenhouse gas emissions -- The inadequacies of existing climate regimes for mitigating climate change -- Why green capitalism is insufficient to mitigate climate change -- A vision of an alternative world system : toward global democracy based on social justice and environmental sustainability -- Toward an ecological revolution : progressive transitional reforms -- Grass-roots responses to the climate change : internationally, nationally, and locally -- Conclusion.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
Globalization.
Sustainable development.
Electronic books.
QC903 / .B14 2012eb
330.12/6