Beyond Climate Fixes (Paperback)

Paperback. This book develops key critical concepts through case studies such as GM crops, biofuels, waste incineration and Green New Deal agendas.Political elites have been evading the causes of climate change through deceptive fixes. Their market-type instruments such as carbon trading aim to incentivise technological innovation which will supposedly decarbonize or replace dominant high-carbon systems. In practice this techno-market framework has perpetuated climate change and social injustices, thus provoking public controversy. Using this opportunity, social movements have counterposed low-carbon, resource-light, socially just alternatives. Such transformative mobilisations can fulfil the popular slogan, 'System Change Not Climate Change'. Les Levidow argues that the current strategies for climate change mitigation perpetuate environmental harm, and offers alternative policies for real system change. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…