The Green Elephant - 75 -The Climate vs. Capitalism: A Roadmap for Action

Podcast Episode 75

The Climate vs. Capitalism: A Roadmap for Action

These Top 5 Oil Companies Just Raked In $35 Billion While Americans Pay More at the PumpWhile families on tight budgets struggle to pay the sky-high price of gas, these five oil companies more than tripled their profits in the first quarter of 2022.

Can capitalism save the planet from a climate crisis?Many would say capitalism is what drove the climate crisis, and that a solution would depend on a different economic model that prioritizes sustainability and equity.

Capitalism fuels the climate crisis. Can it also offer solutions?Endless growth is unsustainable. But we need big solar and wind farms, too.

Capitalism is killing the planet – it’s time to stop buying into our own destruction | George MonbiotInstead of focusing on ‘micro consumerist bollocks’ like ditching our plastic coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down, not up

Denialism vs. Delayism

Letter from the Director: “Delay is the new denial,” March 2022 | Environmental Solutions InitiativeOn February 24, ESI Director John E. Fernández participated in the first White House-level convening on the topic of “climate delayism” as part of a group consisting of climate experts and scholars of climate denial and misinformation.

Johnson says he has changed his mind on the climate – but he’s still dragging his feet | Adrienne BullerOutright denial has been replaced by something that may turn out to be even worse: delay, warns researcher Adrienne Buller

How to Fight Climate “Delay”—Denial’s Hipper, More Dangerous CousinWe need to ground climate discourse in the present, not the future.

From climate change denial to delayism: Oil firms send academics into the fray Under the weight of evidence that environmental changes are no hoax, multinationals are turning to scholarly work to promote delay tactics - while keeping fossil fuels flowing

Analysis | Big Tech Helps Big Oil Spread Subtle Climate DenialismFossil-fuel companies use social media to minimize their role in harming the environment.

Delayism and disinformation - TortoiseMisinformation about climate change remains rife on social media. Platforms must first define and then counter the problem before it causes more harm.

Good Growth: Reshaping Capitalism to Save

Our Sorry-Selves from Climate Catastrophe

OPINION: This is how we can save the planet Capitalism has never offered so little to humanity, while socialism has never been more feasible. Now is the time for utopian thought

Capitalism Can’t Fix the Climate CrisisNeither corporations nor liberals will stop climate disaster. The Left can.

Is Saving the Planet Under Capitalism Really Possible?

Socialism is the only realistic solution to climate changeCapitalism will not and cannot prevent climate disaster. A socialist response at governmental and societal level is an historic necessity.

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?Market failure certainly delays aggressive climate action, but even had the whole world in the 20th century been socialist, the planet would still be heating up.

Planning An Eco-Socialist Utopia | NOEMAAlthough critics of the left often accuse socialists of magical thinking, the real fantasy is a future where capitalism can provide for everyone’s needs within planetary boundaries.

The fight against climate change is a fight against capitalism Global warming is rooted in an economic system that has a parasitoid relationship with the Earth upon which we live.

Scientists to U.N.: To stop climate change, modern capitalism needs to dieThe era of cheap energy is coming to an end and societies will need to reshape energy consumption and infrastructure or face consequences, warns a new scientific background paper issued to the United Nations.

Capitalism: Threat or solution to climate change?

How Do We Overcome Capitalism? ❧ Current Affairs<p>Tom Wetzel explains what a planned socialist economy would look like and the strategy we need to make socialism a reality.</p>

The Final Conflict? Socialism and Climate Change - New Labor ForumIn its most famous English version, the socialist anthem “The Internationale” invokes “the final conflict” and calls on socialists to unite, stand firm, and fight to liberate humanity, helping a better world to “rise on new foundations.” Written 150 years ago, its words today resonate with special u

Capitalism Created the Climate Catastrophe; Socialism Can Avert Disaster. The Thirty-Fifth Newsletter (2022)

The New Economic Models of the Future

DEALTurning the ideas of #DoughnutEconomics into action.

The planet’s economist: has Kate Raworth found a model for sustainable living?The long read: Her hit book Doughnut Economics laid out a path to a greener, more equal society. But can she turn her ideas into meaningful change?

Amsterdam Is Embracing a New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Replace Capitalism?It’s the first time a major city has attempted to put doughnut theory into action on a local level

Combining the Circular Economy, Doughnut ... The Circular Economy (CE) is an economic system that integrates economics and the environment to offer a model of sustainability and ...

Economic Innovation for a Sustainable FutureKogod School of Business Professor David Bartlett shares how business innovation can help build a circular economy.

The circular economy: a new economic model for the future?Protecting the planet has become a necessity. To do this, we need to change the way we consume.

Four steps to make economic growth sustainable, resilient and inclusive - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environmentInvestments, innovation, policy and finance all play a central role in defining the economic growth model of the 21st century. This commentary argues that better collaboration on these four major issues is vital if we want to create a sustainable, resilient and inclusive future for all.

Circular economy: An economic model for the futureDid you know that each year, human beings consume the equivalent of resources produced by 1.7 Planet Earths? This pace is not sustainable. This is why Montréal is concentrating on circular economy to promote the ecological transition and an economic development that is green and inclusive.

The 3 pillars of sustainability: environmental, social and economicSustainability is an essential part of facing current and future global challenges, not only those related to the environment. Here’s what’s involved.

Circular Economy: Business Models for a Sustainable FutureThe triple planetary crisis on climate change, air pollution and loss of biodiversity has been identified as the most significant health threat of the 21st century, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It endangers billions of lives and livelihoods across every continent and threatens the systems upon which we

‘A new way of life’: the Marxist, post-capitalist, green manifesto captivating JapanKohei Saito’s book Capital in the Anthropocene has become an unlikely hit among young people and is about to be translated into English