Publisher's Synopsis
Sharing for Survival recognises that official climate policy is dominated by states in thrall to fossil fuel and financial lobbies. It offers a realistic radical way to rapidly reduce emissions through stabilising the economy and ensuring social justice.
Its authors explore climate policy in a way that ensures social justice and equity matter, and...
Recognise that the UNFCCC process is going nowhere;
Explore the impact of fossil fuel depletion on the climate crisis;
Take for granted that we are entering a period of economic and social upheaval;
Challenge the idea that the climate crisis can be resolved in a growth economy;
Propose no-nonsense approaches to controlling fossil fuel emissions that are upstream;
Look at the packages of measures that are necessary without the loopholes and slippage that render so many policies futile;
Explain how climate governance would be best developed through civil society organisations working together globally - with states then legitimising what they develop;
Explore different ideas as to where the carbon revenue should go - to the people or communities;
Explain why supporting indigenous people, rather than trading in carbon, is the best strategy for reducing deforestation emissions;
Look at climate policy from the point of view of the countries of the south (particularly India and Africa) in addition to the viewpoint of 'developed' countries.
