The great adaptation : climate, capitalism and catastrophe / Romain Felli ; translated by David Broder.
Language: English Original language: French Publisher: London : Verso, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 163 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 022688163ISBN: 9781788734141Uniform titles: Grande adaptation. English Subject(s): Climatic changes -- Economic aspects | Climatic changes -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 363.73874| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When capitalism doesn't fight climate change but rather tries to make a buck out of it
The Great Adaptation tells the story of how scientists, governments and corporations have tried to deal with the challenge that climate change poses to capitalism by promoting adaptation to the consequences of climate change, rather than combating its causes. From the 1970s neoliberal economists and ideologues have used climate change as an argument for creating more "flexibility" in society, that is for promoting more market-based solutions to environmental and social questions. The book unveils the political economy of this potent movement, whereby some powerful actors are thriving in the face of dangerous climate change and may even make a profit out of it.
'Originally published in French as La Grande Adaptation. Climat, capitalisme et catastrophe, Editions de Seuil 2016' - title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction The Climate: A Problem of Capital Importance (p. 1)
- Chapter 1 Climate Crisis and Capitalism's Survival (p. 17)
- Chapter 2 The Gospel of Flexibility (p. 53)
- Chapter 3 Climate and Market: The Double Shock (p. 91)
- Chapter 4 Climate Migrants: From Security Threat to Entrepreneurial Instrumentalisation (p. 115)
- Conclusion Adapting Forever (p. 155)
- Index (p. 161)
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