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THE CLIMATE CRISIS
==THE CLIMATE CRISIS==
1 . Climate change is an established fact
1 . Climate change is an established fact
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2. A brutal change, irreversible at the human time scale
2. A brutal change, irreversible at the human time scale


3. Is the cause “human activities”?
3. Is the cause “human activities”? Why?
 
Why?


4. The responsibility of “real existing” socialism
4. The responsibility of “real existing” socialism
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23. Central responsibility of the trade-union left
23. Central responsibility of the trade-union left





Revision as of 13:22, 1 December 2011

Summary

The global climate crisis continues and worsens.
What are the basic natural mechanisms and ‘human made’ causes of this crisis ?
Why do we say that the capitalist mode of production is the fundamental cause of this crisis?
What are the current phenomena which can be linked to the warming of the planet?
The climate crisis puts into question the productivist characteristics of capitalism.
Can capitalism find a solution to global warming through new technologies and new profits in the sector of green capitalism?
What is the situation concerning global negotiations on climate change after Copenhagen?
What are the plans of the EU, of the USA and of the large ‘emerging’ economies like China, India and South Africa?
How do we fight against climate change and for global justice?
What should be the role of the workers movement, of the farmers, of indigenous peoples in the fight for Climate Justice?
How does the fight against climate change alter our socialist project and our strategies?

Outline

THE CLIMATE CRISIS

1 . Climate change is an established fact

2. A brutal change, irreversible at the human time scale

3. Is the cause “human activities”? Why?

4. The responsibility of “real existing” socialism

5. Catastrophic consequences

6. The people is the Global South will suffer most

7. Workers and poor people

8. Extreme urgency

9. A critique of the GIEC figures

See p. 9 and 10

10. Strategies and priorities

We need a structural strategy for change, the only valid strategy is reduction of emissions at the source!

11. Lower energy consumption et transition towards renewables

12. Energy consumption and social progress

13. The people in the Global South and clean technologies

14. The challenges for the South

15. Population and climate

16. The capitalist lobbies 17. Carbon trade, social and climate injustice

18. Inter capitalist competition and global ecological constraints

19. Even more liberal capitalist policies

20. Ecological and social consequences

21. Necessity of building relationship of forces at the social level

22. Climate and social justice

23. Central responsibility of the trade-union left


Media:FR_TOPO_climat.ppt‎

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