The Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal

The Political Economy of Saving the Planet

Paperback, 192 pages

English language

Published Sept. 22, 2020 by Verso Books (US).

ISBN:
978-1-78873-985-6
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An engaging conversation with our most respected public intellectual around how a global Green New Deal has the potential to save humanity and the planet.

The environmental crisis under way is unique in human history. It is a true existential crisis. Those alive today will decide the fate of humanity. Meanwhile, the leaders of the most powerful state in human history are dedicating themselves with passion to destroying the prospects for organized human life. At the same time, there is a solution at hand, which is the Green New Deal. Putting meat on the bones of the Green New Deal starts with a single simple idea: we have to absolutely stop burning fossil fuels to produce energy within the next 30 years at most; and we have to do this in a way that also supports rising living standards and expanding opportunities for working people and the poor throughout the …

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Subjects

  • Green movement--Political aspects
  • Green movement--Economic aspects
  • Climate change mitigation--Political aspects
  • Climate change mitigation--Economic aspects
  • Capitalism--Environmental aspects