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Paris Climate Conference, Progess Traps and Easter Island

October 31, 2015 by Peter Holding

The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Paris, from November 30 to December 11.  It will be the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 11th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the 1997 Kyoto […]

Filed Under: environment, politics Tagged With: Climate change, Easter Island, Ronald Wright

Answering the Environmental Crisis: Democratic Mobilisation or Technical Fix?

May 1, 2014 by Peter Holding

Summary: Discusses neo-liberalism and the environment, geo-engineering, Co2 removal, solar radiation management, carbon emissions pricing, criticism of emissions trading, price signals and innovation, progress traps, Easter Island, Latin America and China, persistence of global poverty, the environmental movement, future generations, precautionary principle, economic cycles and environmentalism, unions and the environment. Introduction UK journalist and environmental […]

Filed Under: environment, politics Tagged With: carbon emissions pricing, Co2 removal, criticism of emissions trading, Easter Island, economic cycles and environmentalism, future generations, geo-engineering, Latin America and China, neo-liberalism and the environment, persistence of global poverty, precautionary principle, price signals and innovation, progress traps, solar radiation management, the environmental movement, unions and the environment.