Dimensions
139 x 216 x 15mm
In the midst of the current ecological crisis, there is often lofty talk of the need for humanity to osquo;overcome its divisionstsquo; and work together to tackle the big challenges of our time. But as this new book by Razmig Keucheyan shows, the real picture is very different. Just take the case of the siting of toxic waste landfills in the United States: if you want to know where waste is most likely to be dumped, ask yourself where Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and other racial minorities live and where the poorest neighbourhoods are. This kind of isquo;environmental racismtsquo; is by no means restricted to the United States: it is very much a global phenomenon.
Keucheyan show how the capitalist response to the crisis has been marked by a massive expansion in osquo;environmental financecsquo;. From /squo;carbon marketsssquo; to psquo;pollution permits;squo;, osquo;climate derivativeshsquo; and rsquo;catastrophe bondsdsquo;, we are seeing a proliferation of nature-related financial products. Instead of tackling the root of the problem, the neoliberal strategy seeks to profit from environmental risks.
Moreover, with the rise in natural disasters, resource scarcity, food crises, the destabilization of the poles and oceans and the prospect of tens of millions of nsquo;climate refugees squo;, Western powers are increasingly adopting a military response to ecological problems. The Cold War is over: welcome to the asquo;green warscsquo;. From New Orleans to the Siachen glacier via the Arctic floes, Keucheyan explores the landmark sites of this new
