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The climate crisis: a struggle for economic power and leadership

10.12.2015

The climate crisis is a consequence of our economic system. Economic solutions, like carbon trading were supposed to be a problem solver. Despite such efforts, CO2 levels kept rising. Should we consider changing our economic system instead? And which role do environmental NGOs play in the battle for climate justice?

Joanna Cabello, activist and researcher on environmental justice and part of the Carbon Trade Watch collective, speaks about false solutions and grassroots activism. Joanna´s blog article "Where to begin with climate justice" is available here.

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Care Revolution und Degrowth bilden Bündnis

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Das Netzwerk Care Revolution veröffentlicht einen lesenswerten Artikel über den Zusammenhang von Degrowth und Care. https://care-revolution.org/aktuelles/care-revolution-und-degrowth-teil-i/

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No Degrowth Without Climate Justice

By: Matthias Schmelzer

Since the 2014 Leipzig Degrowth Conference, the argument that climate justice cannot exist without degrowth has repeatedly been made. In a keynote at the Degrowth conference in Budapest, in September 2016, I developed this line of thinking further and argued that the opposite is equally important: There is not degrowth without climate justice. My argument, which I presented as someone involved ...

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Video: 15 Minuten für Klimagerechtigkeit mit Tadzio Müller

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnede6NvgIM 15 Minuten für Klimagerechtigkeit von Ecapio Der Politikwissenschaftler und Klimagerechtigkeitsaktivist Tadzio Müller erklärt hier aus der perspektive des globalen Nordens, wie sich Klimawandel und Klimapolitik auf globaler Ebene fair und gerecht gestalten lassen. Dabei geht er den folgenden Fragen nach: Welche Verantwortung tragen die Länd...