Sharing For Survival Restoring The Climate, The Commons And Society

Description

Sharing for Survival recognises that official climate policy is dominated by states in thrall to fossil fuel and financial lobbies. It offers a realistic radical way to rapidly reduce emissions through stabilising the economy and ensuring social justice.

Its authors explore climate policy in a way that ensures social justice and equity matter, and...

* Recognise that the UNFCCC process is going nowhere;

* Explore the impact of fossil fuel depletion on the climate crisis;

* Take for granted that we are entering a period of economic and social upheaval;

* Challenge the idea that the climate crisis can be resolved in a growth economy;

* Propose no-nonsense approaches to controlling fossil fuel emissions that are upstream;

* Look at the packages of measures that are necessary without the loopholes and slippage that render so many policies futi≤

* Explain how climate governance would be best developed through civil society organisations working together globally - with states then legitimising what they develop;

* Explore different ideas as to where the carbon revenue should go - to the people or communities;

* Explain why supporting indigenous people, rather than trading in carbon, is the best strategy for reducing deforestation emissions;

* Look at climate policy from the point of view of the countries of the south (particularly India and Africa) in addition to the viewpoint of 'developed' countries.