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Description

1. xxiv, 267 pages; 21 cm

Summary

1. This is an indispensable read for anyone who seeks to understand world leaders{u2019} responses to climate change through the United Nations{u2019} Conference of the Parties (COP). Patrick Bond provides vital background and theoretical context to what happened at the COPS of Kyoto, Copenhagen, Cancún and Durban. He explores the favoured strategies of key elites from the crisis-ridden global and national power blocs, including South Africa, and finds them incapable of reconciling the threat to the planet with their economies{u2019} addiction to fossil fuels. Finally, the book reveals sites of climate justice and interrogates the new movement{u2019}s approach. Patrick Bond is Senior Professor of Development Studies and Director of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Publisher's note.

Subject

1. Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2005 : Montréal, Canada)
2. Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1997)
3. Climatic changes > Political aspects
4. Climatic changes > International cooperation
5. Climatic changes > Political aspects > South Africa
6. Climatic changes > Government policy
7. Climatic changes > Government policy > South Africa
8. Klimaänderung
9. Klimaschutz
10. Völkerrechtlicher Vertrag
11. Soziale Gerechtigkeit
12. Kapitalismus
13. Klimatförändringar > politiska aspekter > Södra Afrika
14. CLIMATE CHANGE
15. ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
16. POLITICAL ASPECTS
17. TREATY-MONITORING BODIES
18. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
19. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
20. SOUTH AFRICA
21. South Africa

Contents

1. 1. From Copenhagen to Cancún to Durban: deckchair shifting on the climate Titanic -- 2. Carbon commodification's cul-de-sac -- 3. Climate and capitalist convulsions -- 4. Paralysis above -- 5. Politics of climate finance -- 6. South African climate injustice -- 7. Climate justice: movement below.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.