Ecomodernists claim material growth can continue indefinitely without environmental damage. Degrowth advocate Jason Hickel says their arguments ignore both evidence and logic.
FALSE ALTERNATIVES
The Magical Thinking of Ecomodernism
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False alternatives
Where’s the ‘eco’ in ecomodernism?
Eco-modernists promise that technology can solve all environmental problems and provide abundance for all. There is no sustainable way to do that.
The movement we need
Andreas Malm: Revolutionary Strategy in a Warming World
How can climate justice activists stop capitalism’s drive to catastrophe? The author of Fossil Capital considers lessons from past revolutions and proposes an action program for today.
Ecosocialist critique
John Bellamy Foster on Jacobin and Ecomodernism
The editor of Monthly Review responds to ‘socialists’ who view the environmental crisis as a problem of technology, not a fundamental rift in society’s relationship with nature.
Ecosocialist Debate
Memo to Jacobin: Ecomodernism is not ecosocialism
Ian Angus challenges a left-wing magazine that promotes geoengineering, nuclear power, carbon storage and other techno-fixes as solutions to climate change.
Ecosocialist Debate
Jacobin and ecomodernism: Two replies
Climate & Capitalism readers David Schwartzman and David Walters respond to criticism of Jacobin magazine’s special issue on climate change.