Impasses of the Post-Global
Impasses of the Post-Global

Author: Henry Sussman

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-09

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9781013284281

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The diverse materials comprising Impasses of the Post-Global take as their starting point an interrelated, if seemingly endless sequence of current ecological, demographic, socio-political, economic, and informational disasters. These include the contemporary discourses of deconstruction, climate change, ecological imbalance and despoilment, sustainability, security, economic bailout, auto-immunity, and globalization itself. With essays by James H. Bunn, Rey Chow, Bruce Clarke, Tom Cohen, Randy Martin, Yates McKee, Alberto Moreiras, Haun Saussy, Tian Song, Henry Sussman, Samuel Weber, Ewa P. Ziarek, and Kryzsztof Ziarek. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Uncertain Futures
Uncertain Futures

Author: Alexander F. Gazmararian

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-07-31

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1009405292

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Using stories from the front lines of the energy transition, this book shows how to unlock the climate impasse.

Impasses climatiques
Impasses climatiques

Author: François Gervais

Publisher: L'artilleur

Published: 2022-06-01

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 2810011184

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Sous l’impulsion du GIEC, suivi par les ONG et les médias, les responsables politiques ont décidé que les pays développés, Europe et France en tête, devaient renoncer aux énergies fossiles (pétrole, gaz et charbon) d’ici 2050. Il s’agit de ne plus émettre un gramme de dioxyde de carbone (CO ) car ce gaz serait responsable d’un «dérèglement » du climat qui entraînerait un réchauffement catastrophique de la température mondiale. Le coût de ce «great reset » est estimé aux environs de cent mille milliards d’euros, soit l’équivalent d’un triplement de la dette souveraine mondiale. Accrédité par le GIEC comme expert reviewer de ses deux derniers rapports AR5 et AR6, le physicien François Gervais montre dans ce livre que cette « remise à zéro» est scientifiquement infondée, catastrophique pour l’Homme et en particulier pour les plus pauvres, et enfin nocive pour la planète. Désaccords de la Chine et de l’Inde, fragilités des modèles de simulation sur le climat, nécessité démontrée du CO pour nourrir une population qui augmente, il expose les très nombreuses et très graves contradictions que véhicule ce discours alarmiste sur le climat. Pour éviter le retour à la précarité énergétique et la hausse dramatique de la pauvreté, il est temps pour l’Occident de reprendre ses esprits, ceux de l’analyse factuelle et scientifique

Climate Refugees
Climate Refugees

Author: Simon Behrman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-02-28

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1108904610

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The last few years have witnessed a flurry of activity in global governance and international lawseeking to address the protection gaps for people fleeing the effects of climate change. This book discusses cutting-edge developments in law and policy on climate change and forced displacement, including theories and potential solutions, issues of governance, local and regional concerns, and future challenges. Chapters are written by a range of authors from academics to key figures in intergovernmental organisations, and offer detailed case studies of policy developments in the Americas, Europe, South-East Asia, and the Pacific. This is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers from a range of disciplines, as well as policymakers working in environmental law, environmental governance, and refugee and migration law. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.

"Climate Refugees"

Author: Simon Behrman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 9781138088825

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Current estimates of the numbers of people who will be forced from their homes as a result of climate change by the middle of the century range from 50 to 200 million. Therefore, even the most optimistic projections envisage a crisis of migration that will dwarf any we have seen so far. And yet attempts to develop legal mechanisms to deal with this impending crisis have reached an impasse that shows little sign of being overcome. This is in spite of the rapidly growing academic study and policy development in the area of climate change generally. 'Climate Refugees': Beyond the Legal Impasse? addresses a fundamental gap in academic literature and policy making - namely the legal 'no-man's land' in which the issue of climate refugees currently resides. Past proposals for the regulation of climate-induced migration are evaluated, inter alia by their original authors, and the volume also looks at current attempts to regulate climate-induced migration, including by officials from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Platform on Displacement Disaster (PDD). Bringing together experts from a variety of academic fields, as well as officials from leading international organisations, this book will be of great interest to students and researchers of Environmental Law, Refugee Law, Human Rights Law, Environmental Studies and International Relations.

Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank
Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank

Author: Eric Toussaint

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1583674985

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Mainstream economists tell us that developing countries will replicate the economic achievements of the rich countries if they implement the correct “free-market”policies. But scholars and activists Toussaint and Millet demonstrate that this is patently false. Drawing on a wealth of detailed evidence, they explain how developed economies have systematically and deliberately exploited the less-developed economies by forcing them into unequal trade and political relationships. Integral to this arrangement are the international economic institutions ostensibly created to safeguard the stability of the global economy—the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank—and the imposition of massive foreign debt on poor countries. The authors explain in simple language, and ample use of graphics, the multiple contours of this exploitative system, its history, and how it continues to function in the present day. Ultimately, Toussaint and Millet advocate cancellation of all foreign debt for developing countries and provide arguments from a number of perspectives—legal, economic, moral. Presented in an accessible and easily-referenced question and answer format, Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank is an essential tool for the global justice movement.

Author:

Publisher: Editions Publibook

Published:

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 2753905541

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Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do!
Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do!

Author: Brigitte Alepin

Publisher: James Lorimer & Company

Published: 2012-03-28

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1459400364

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Bill Gates and other wealthy individuals around the world do pay taxes--but usually at rates far below what most taxpayers pay. As Warren Buffet says, his secretary pays a higher tax rate than he does on his multi-million dollar income. And most big corporations have mastered the art of paying next to nothing in taxes. Many experts and financial journalists dismiss the idea that higher taxes for rich people and large corporations would make a difference to government revenues. Even Bill Gates's personal fortune wouldn't make a dent in the huge US government deficit. But Harvard-trained economist and tax expert Brigitte Alepin has a different point of view. Relying on her in-depth knowledge of tax systems in Canada, the US, France, and elsewhere, Alepin provides a behind-the-scenes explanation of what has happened to create a massive gap in government revenues. Over the last twenty years, large corporations, the super-rich, and private foundations have found many ways and means to avoid being taxed. This black hole in government revenues-found in virtually every country-accounts for trillions of dollars in lost revenue every year. As Alepin demonstrates using data drawn from leading international organizations, those missing trillions would go a long way towards allowing the world's governments to balance their books. Collecting taxes from big corporations and the super-rich cannot be done by any one country alone. But with governments of all political stripes facing this common problem, there are concrete steps they can take together to address it. Ensuring that wealthy individuals and corporations pay their fair share in taxes would not result in ruinously high rates. Instead, it would mean that the super-rich and corporations would pay their fair share of taxes at rates that would reflect their true ability to pay. Brigitte Alepin shows how a fair tax system for Bill Gates and for the world's richest individuals and corporations can be the answer to the financial crisis the world faces today.