ISBN:
0745651453
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (1691 KB, 288 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Parallel Title:
Print version Climate Wars : What People Will Be Killed For in the 21st Century
DDC:
363.738/746
Keywords:
Refugees - Environmental aspects
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Refugees - Environmental aspects
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Struggles over drinking water, new outbreaks of mass violence,ethnic cleansing, civil wars in the earth’s poorestcountries, endless flows of refugees: these are the new conflictsand forces shaping the world of the 21st century. They no longerhinge on ideological rivalries between great powers but rather onissues of class, religion and resources. The genocides of the lastcentury have taught us how quickly social problems can spill overinto radical and deadly solutions. Rich countries are alreadydeveloping strategies to garner resources and keep ‘climaterefugees’ at bay. In this major new book Harald Welzer shows how climate change andviolence go hand in hand. Climate change has far-reachingconsequences for the living conditions of peoples around the world:inhabitable spaces shrink, scarce resources become scarcer,injustices grow deeper, not only between North and South but alsobetween generations, storing up material for new social tensionsand giving rise to violent conflicts, civil wars and massiverefugee flows. Climate change poses major new challenges in termsof security, responsibility and justice, but as Welzer makesdisturbingly clear, very little is being done to confrontthem.
Description / Table of Contents:
Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 A SHIP IN THE DESERT: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF VIOLENCE; 2 CLIMATE CONFLICTS; 3 GLOBAL WARMING AND SOCIAL CATASTROPHES; 4 A BRIEF SURVEY OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 5 KILLING YESTERDAY; 6 KILLING TODAY: ECOCIDE; 7 KILLING TOMORROW: NEVER-ENDING WARS, ETHNIC CLEANSING, TERRORISM, SHIFTING BOUNDARIES; 8 CHANGED REALITIES; 9 THE REVIVAL OF OLD CONFLICTS: FAITHS, CLASSES, RESOURCES AND THE EROSION OF DEMOCRACY; 10 MORE VIOLENCE; 11 WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DONE - 1; 12 WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DONE - 2; Notes; Index
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