Capitalism Is Destroying Us - The New Climate Report
It s never good to hear the words "total societal collapse" from a scholarly paper, but that s exactly the phrasing used in the new UN climate report. We all know it s bad, but what s really standing in the way of us ensuring a livable future? Check out my podcast, The Deprogram! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tk1sTZDeE8p9lnxYLy4Ky Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deprogram/id1596666465 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOInEMAm0Y4VXoAfbJMR3Wg Everything else: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890340 Capitalism Is Destroying Us - The New Climate Report – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Previous video on carbon footprints and individual responsibility https://youtu.be/5sgRTbTm91Q The UN Report https://www.undrr.org/gar2022-our-world-risk https://www.undrr.org/media/80217/download https://bylinetimes.com/2022/05/26/un-warns-of-total-societal-collapse-due-to-breaching-of-planetary-boundaries/ https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/07/the-future-of-global-catastrophic-risk-events-from-climate-change/ Climate Change’s Effects https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_TechnicalSummary.pdf Hickel & Kallis, “Is Green Growth Possible?” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59bc0e610abd04bd1e067ccc/t/5cbdc638b208fc1c56f785a7/1555940922601/Hickel+and+Kallis+-+Is+Green+Growth+Possible.pdf https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2018/9/14/why-growth-cant-be-green Hickel, “Less is More” (includes Harvard/Yale study and a discussion of green growth) https://dl1.cuni.cz/pluginfile.php/1179270/mod_resource/content/1/Jason%20Hickel%20-%20Less%20is%20More.pdf The Harvard/Yale study https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13530 ESG lower returns https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/28/green-investing-is-underperforming-but-dont-count-it-out-just-yet.html The power and capitalization of the fossil fuel industry https://bnarchives.yorku.ca/490/2/20160000_di_muzio_energy_capital_as_power_and_world_order_preprint.pdf Joe Manchin and coal money https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/15/politics/joe-manchin-coal-financial-interests-climate/index.html BP ads about carbon footprints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywrZPypqSB4 Fossil fuel companies kill renewable legislation https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/22/fossil-fuel-firms-accused-renewable-lobby-takeover-push-gas Finance capital doesn’t want an end to fossil fuels https://capitalaspower.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/20220200_baines_hager_from_passive_owners_to_planet_savers.pdf Fossil fuel companies and electric cars https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/16/oil-industry-electric-car-1729429 Fossil fuel’s record profits https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/02/oil-industry-record-profits-climate-crisis https://youtu.be/BpK6uFJP0gQ?t=126 Citizens’ assembly for the climate in France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_Convention_for_Climate https://propositions.conventioncitoyennepourleclimat.fr/pdf/ccc-rapport-final.pdf https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_citoyenne_pour_le_climat https://blogs.mediapart.fr/helloat-sylvain/blog/110221/la-grande-hypocrisie-de-la-loi-climat-et-resilience-acheve-la-convention-citoyenne French approval of the convention’s policies https://elabe.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/elabe_ccc_25062020.pdf Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com
