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Paris climate agreement: a terror attack on Africa
Patrick Bond: Supporters of the climate deal reached at the Paris Conference of Polluters are endorsing a plan that will kill millions
Seven objections to the Paris climate deal
Oscar Reyes: Hailed as a breakthrough and the beginning of a new world, the COP21 Agreement is long on rhetoric and short on action.
At COP21, the world agreed to increase emissions
Some countries will reduce emissions a little, but other countries will increase them a lot. You would never know this from UN and media reports.
Film Review: Are cows destroying the climate?
How not to change the world. 'Cowspiracy' ignores capitalism and rejects Indigenous peoples' concerns, while denouncing everyone who eats meat.
Ian Angus: COP21, the climate crisis, and ecosocialism
Interview with Climate & Capitalism editor: The environmental question is the most important problem that we face in the 21st century: If we don't recognize its centrality, our politics will be irrelevant.
The tragedy of the commons, the Pope, and the system
Michael Lebowitz: "The tragedy of our commons is that our finite world is being destroyed by the relentless drive for profit, by the system we must name—capitalism."
Naomi Klein’s: Capitalism versus Climate
In 'This Changes Everything,' Naomi Klein shows that industry interests are opposed to those of ordinary people, a point climate activists have had trouble communicating and been reluctant to embrace
Anthropocene: What’s in a name?
Objections to the word 'Anthropocene' are misguided.
Climate change: It’s going to take a revolution
A new video by Suhail Ilyas: The growing strength of the climate movement around the world gives us great hope, but only a revolution can save the world for future generations.