The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism , livre ebook

‘Written by some of the most important theorists of the ecological, degrowth and debt movements ... A powerful and comprehensive analysis. Essential reading’ Silvia Federici, author of Caliban and the Witch‘An impeccably documented, well-argued book [that shows that] a post-carbon world needs to be a post-capitalist world’ Walden Bello, author of Deglobalization‘Brilliantly surveys critical feminist, ecological and decolonial perspectives from leading scholars and activists’ Peter Newell, Professor, University of SussexThe time for denial is over. Across the Global North, the question of how we should respond to the climate crisis has been answered: with a shift to renewables, electric cars, carbon trading and hydrogen. But beneath the sustainability branding, these climate ‘solutions’ are leading to new environmental injustices and green colonialism. The green growth and clean energy plans of the Global North require the large-scale extraction of strategic minerals from the Global South. The geopolitics of transition imply sacrificing not only territories, but truly sustainable ways of inhabiting this world. This book provides a platform for the voices that have been conspicuously absent in debates around energy and climate. Drawing on case studies from across the Global South, the authors offer critiques of green colonialism in its material, political and symbolic dimensions, discuss the entanglements that connect the transitions of different world regions, and explore alternative pathways toward a liveable and just future for all.Miriam Lang is Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador. Mary Ann Manahan is a doctoral assistant in the Department of Conflict and Development Studies at Ghent University, Belgium. Breno Bringel is a Professor of Sociology at the State University of Rio de Janeiro and a Senior Fellow at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.AcknowledgementsLucrative Transitions, Green Colonialism and Pathways to Transformative Ecosocial Justice: An Introduction - Miriam Lang, Breno Bringel and Mary Ann ManahanPART I: Hegemonic Transitions and the Geopolitics of Power1. Global Energy Transitions and Green Extractivism - Kristina Dietz2. Corporate energy transition: The South American Lithium Triangle as a Test Case - Maristella Svampa3. Decolonising the Energy Transition in North Africa - Hamza Hamouchene4. Can the Greatest Polluters Save the Planet? Decolonisation Policies in the US, EU and China - John Feffer and Edgardo Lander5. Accumulation and Dispossession by Decarbonisation - Ivonne Yanez and Camila MorenoPART II: Analysing Green Colonialism: Global Interdependencies and Entanglements6. The Continuity and Intensification of Imperial Appropriation in the Global Economy - Christian Dorninger7. Taking on the Eternal Debts of the South - Miriam Lang, Alberto Acosta and Esperanza Martínez8. What to Expect from the State in Socio-ecological Transformations? - Ulrich Brand and Miriam Lang9. Green Colonialism in Colonial Structures: A Pan-African Perspective - Nnimmo Bassey10. Under the Yoke of Neoliberal ‘Green’ Trade - Rachmi Hertanti11. ‘Nature-Based Solutions’ for a Profit-based Global Environmental Governance - Mary Ann ManahanPART III: Horizons Toward a Dignified and Liveable Future12. Resist Extractivism and Build a Just and Popular Energy Transition in Latin America - Tatiana Roa Avendaño and Pablo Bertinat13. Eco-feminist Perspectives from Africa - Zo Randriamaro14. A Feminist Degrowth for Unsettling Transition - Bengi Akbulut15. Degrowth, Climate Emergency and Transformation of Work - Luis Gonzalez Reyes16. Nayakrishi Andolon: Alternatives to the Modern, Corporate Agri-Food System in Bangladesh - Farida Akther17. Designing Systemic Regional Transitions: An Action-Research Experience in Colombia - Maria Campo and Arturo Escobar18. Towards a New Eco-Territorial Internationalism - Breno Bringel and Sabrina Fernandes