Five new books for green lefts and left greens. Cuban science fiction … the birth of the Anthropocene … agribusiness and disease … surviving catastrophe … rising seas … private plunder of public assets.
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When the climate comes for you
“I wrote this poem after I read about people in Pakistan digging mass graves in advance of the forecast heatwave, so as to not be caught unprepared, as they were last year.” — Kamala Emanuel
Anthropocene heat, part 3: A one way street to climate hell
“The effects of climate change are being felt today, and future projections represent a potentially catastrophic risk to human health.”
Katrina, militarization and climate change
Militarized and profit-making approaches to climate emergencies and other crises pose a serious threat to environmental justice, civil rights and democracy
Ecosocialist resources, July 2015
Ecosocialist Resources, published monthly (more or less) in Climate & Capitalism, links to articles, reports, talks and videos that are relevant to our mission
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Syriza program shows another energy is possible … Gates and USAID: Grabbing Africa’s seeds … After Cyclone Pam: Climate action is urgent … Desertec’s renewable energy grab
The extraordinary communities that arise in disaster
Challenging common myths, Rebecca Solnit shows that ordinary people often respond to disaster with self-sacrifice, humanity, kindness and basic solidarity
Global warming stopped? Not in the real world.
Remember all those articles that claimed global warming has stopped? Here’s proof that those were anti-scientific fantasies.
Climate change drove extreme weather in 2013
World Meteorological Organization confirms: there is no standstill in global warming. Thirteen of the fourteen warmest years on record have all occurred in the 21st century, and each of the last three decades has been warmer than the previous one.
Climate disasters threaten Bangladesh’s social gains
Extreme weather and rising oceans, driven by rich country emissions, threaten to destroy Bangladesh’s remarkable social gains.
Philippines eyewitness: devastation, solidarity and hope
In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, ecosocialist Tony Iltis reports from the ruins of Tacloban City, one of the most neglected areas in the Philippines.
Haiyan, capitalism and the climate
Typhoon Haiyan shows once again the urgency of replacing capitalism with a society based on the rational, democratic use of resources in the interest of people and planet.
Philippines: ‘Let our people live! Climate justice now!’
Filipino socialists respond to Typhoon Haiyen disaster: To save lives, redistribute food now! To prevent future catastrophes, stop economic and environmental plunder!
An avoidable environmental tragedy in India
Radhika Krishnan: Massive flooding kills and isolates thousands in Uttarakhand, a predictable disaster caused by the ‘development’ policies of India’s ruling class
Climate disasters displaced 32 million people in 2012
Over 32 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2012 by climate- and weather-related events