The green economy is often presented as the solution to both the
climate and economic crisis. The underlying rationale is that if
the market can become the tool for tackling climate change, the
fight against climate change can be the royal road to solving
economic problems. But how green is the green economy? And how
social or democratic can it be? This book examines the risk that
the green economy is not so much about greening the economy, as it
is about economising the green message. In doing so, the authors
unravel the myth of the green economy in all its dimensions from
emissions trading to sustainable consumption, from population
control to technological optimism.
"
The Limits of the Green Economy" provides a critical and
in-depth analysis of the different ingredients of the green economy
project at length: the establishment of new markets (e.g. emissions
trading), the privatisation of nature through new forms of
enclosures (e.g. the Clean Development Mechanism), the reliance on
new and often dangerous technologies (e.g. geo-engineering), the
discourse on sustainable consumption and corporate social
responsibility, and the stress on population control. The
fundamental aim of the green economy, it is argued, is to build a
new model of capitalism, attempting to integrate ecological
concerns into how the system works. Taking a critical approach,
this book offers a highly original perspective on the social and
ecological consequences of a global economic system, characterised
by international competition, torn by class inequalities and based
on endless growth, attempting to tackle climate change within the
confines of capitalism. Furthermore, the book advocates an
alternative climate justice perspective, arguing that an effective
and socially just answer to climate change demands a reduction of
the market, a radical expansion of the scope of the commons, and a
democratisation and enlargement of the public sphere.
This book should be of interest to students and scholars of
environmental politics, political philosophy, political economy and
climate change. "
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