New PDF release: Nature is a Battlefield: Towards a Political Ecology

In the midst of the present ecological concern, there's frequently lofty speak of the necessity for humanity to ‘overcome its divisions’ and interact to take on the massive demanding situations of our time. yet as this new ebook by means of Razmig Keucheyan indicates, the true photograph is especially diverse. simply take the case of the siting of poisonous waste landfills within the usa: a good way to understand the place waste is probably to be dumped, wonder the place Blacks, Hispanics, local american citizens and different racial minorities dwell and the place the poorest neighbourhoods are. this sort of ‘environmental racism’ is on no account constrained to the USA: it's very a lot an international phenomenon.

Keucheyan convey how the capitalist reaction to the trouble has been marked via a huge growth in ‘environmental finance’. From ‘carbon markets’ to ‘pollution permits’, ‘climate derivatives’ and ‘catastrophe bonds’, we're seeing a proliferation of nature-related monetary items. rather than tackling the foundation of the matter, the neoliberal procedure seeks to learn from environmental risks.

Moreover, with the increase in normal failures, source shortage, nutrients crises, the destabilization of the poles and oceans and the possibility of thousands and thousands of ‘climate refugees’, Western powers are more and more adopting an army reaction to ecological difficulties. The chilly battle is over: welcome to the ‘green wars’. From New Orleans to the Siachen glacier through the Arctic floes, Keucheyan explores the landmark websites of this new ‘climate geostrategy’.

Through a pointy critique of ways capitalism responds to environmental catastrophe, this cutting edge publication presents a clean standpoint on the most severe matters confronting our societies today.