Capitalism, Climate Change and Social Conflicts
Submitted by campbell_a on Mon, 2011-01-03 10:11
Panel Abstract:
abstract: This panel will address how the capitalist mode of production exacerbates climate change and the consequences of this phenomenon on social relations.The focus will be on the broad social justice implications of the climate crisis and how this phenomenon participates in triggering violent local and regional conflicts around the world, while mainstream narrative continues to construe these recurrent conflicts solely in terms of ethnic and religious strife. It will also explore the potentials for international conflicts in the future. Discussions will cover the spectrum of underlying causes such as drought and food shortages, and how current climate science predicts their rapidly rising occurrence.
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- Environment
- Political Economy
- D. Panel Session 1—Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
- Younes Abouyoub—Visiting researcher at Columbia University
- Approved
- Brian Tokar—Director of the Vermont-based Institute for Social Ecology
- Chris Williams—Pace, Chemistry and Physical Science
- Younes Abouyoub—Visiting researcher at Columbia University
- 41
- E326
Panel Abstract:
abstract: This panel will address how the capitalist mode of production exacerbates climate change and the consequences of this phenomenon on social relations.The focus will be on the broad social justice implications of the climate crisis and how this phenomenon participates in triggering violent local and regional conflicts around the world, while mainstream narrative continues to construe these recurrent conflicts solely in terms of ethnic and religious strife. It will also explore the potentials for international conflicts in the future. Discussions will cover the spectrum of underlying causes such as drought and food shortages, and how current climate science predicts their rapidly rising occurrence.
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