Ecocide
Author | : David Whyte |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2020-09-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781526146977 |
ISBN-13 | : 1526146975 |
Rating | : 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: We have reached the point of no return. The existential threat of climate change is now a reality. The world has never been more vulnerable. Yet corporations are already planning a life beyond this point. The business models of fossil fuel giants factor in continued profitability in a scenario of a five-degree increase in global temperature. An increase that will kill millions, if not billions. This is the shocking reality laid bare in a new, hard-hitting book by David Whyte. Ecocide makes clear the problem won’t be solved by tinkering around the edges, instead it maps out a plan to end the corporation’s death-watch over us. This book will reveal how the corporation has risen to this position of near impunity, but also what we need to do to fix it.