Discover 'Carbon,' a groundbreaking exploration of the political economy surrounding one of the most pressing challenges of our time. In this insightful 224-page book, author Kate Ervine delves deep into the complex relationship between carbon and our environment, revealing how carbon, while essential for life, poses a significant threat to our planet when mismanaged. This 2018 release from John Wiley & Sons (UK) meticulously examines the origins of industrial capitalism and its dependency on carbon-intensive fossil fuels—coal, oil, and natural gas. Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of how these factors contribute to climate change, illustrated by alarming phenomena such as rising sea levels, droughts, and catastrophic floods. The book brilliantly intertwines the narrative of carbon dioxide's transformation from a natural compound to a potent greenhouse gas, highlighting the societal struggles and battles for decarbonization as crucial to the future of democracy, social, and ecological justice. 'Carbon' is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the implications of climate change and the necessary steps to foster a sustainable future. Don't miss your chance to engage with this profound work! Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509501120
Year: 2018
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 224


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Carbon is the political challenge of our time. While critical to supporting life on Earth, too much carbon threatens to destroy life as we know it, with rising sea levels, crippling droughts, and catastrophic floods sounding the alarm on a future now upon us. How did we get here and what must be done? In this incisive book, Kate Ervine unravels carbon's distinct political economy, arguing that, to understand global warming and why it remains so difficult to address, we must go back to the origins of industrial capitalism and its swelling dependence on carbon-intensive fossil fuels “ coal, oil, and natural gas “ to grease the wheels of growth and profitability. Taking the reader from carbon dioxide as chemical compound abundant in nature to carbon dioxide as greenhouse gas, from the role of carbon in the rise of global capitalism to its role in reinforcing and expanding existing patterns of global inequality, and from carbon as object of environmental governance to carbon as tradable commodity, Ervine exposes emerging struggles to decarbonize our societies for what they are: battles over the very meaning of democracy and social and ecological justice.