Screen LibraryGlobal capitalism and climate change：the need for an alternative world system
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AltaMira Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Globalization and the environment series |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 353 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780759121324 (cloth : alk. paper) 075912132X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | X22 |
| CLC: | X22 |
| Call Number: | X22/B141 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-346) 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 ... |