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The secure and the dispossessed : how the military and corporations are shaping a climate-changed world / edited by Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes ; foreword by Susan George.

Contributor(s): Buxton, Nick [editor.] | Hayes, Ben, 1976- [editor.] | George, Susan [writer of foreword.].
Series: Transnational Institute series: Publisher: London : Pluto Press, 2016Description: xix, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780745336916; 0745336914; 0745336965; 9780745336961.Subject(s): Climate change mitigation -- Government policy | National security -- Environmental aspects | Climatic changes -- Economic aspects | Climatic changes -- Risk management | Climatic changes -- Economic aspects | Climatic changes -- Risk management | National security -- Environmental aspects | Klima�anderung | Sicherheitspolitik | Milit�arisch-industrieller Komplex
Contents:
pt. 1. The security agenda. The catastrophic convergence: militarism, neoliberalism and climate change / Christian Parenti -- Colonizing the future: climate change and International security strategies / Ben Hayes -- Climate change Inc. how TNCs are managing risk and preparing to profit in a world of runaway climate change / Oscar Reyes.
pt. 2. Security for whom? A permanent state of emergency: civil contingencies, risk management and human rights / Nafeez Ahmed, Ben Hayes and Nick Buxton -- From refugee protection to militarized exclusion: what future for `climate refugees'? / Steve Wright, April Humble and Ben Hayes -- The fix is in: (geo)engineering our way out of the climate crisis? / Kathy Jo Wetter and Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group -- Greenwashing death: climate change and the arms trade / Mark Akkerman.
pt. 3. Acquisition through dispossession. Sowing insecurity: food and agriculture in a time of climate crisis / Zoe W. Brent, Nick Buxton and Annie Shattuck -- In deep water: confronting the climate and water crises / Mary Ann Manahan -- Power to the people: rethinking energy security / The Platform Collective -- Conclusion: finding security in a climate-changed world / Ben Hayes and Nick Buxton.
Summary: "What if government and corporate elites have given up on the idea of stopping climate change and prefer to try to manage its consequences? The Secure and the Dispossessed shows how the military and corporations plan to maintain control in a world reshaped by climate change. With one eye on the scientific evidence and the other on their global assets, dystopian preparations by the powerful are already fueling militarized security responses to the unfolding climate crisis. The implications for social and environmental justice are disturbing. Adaptation to a climate-changed world is desperately needed, but it must protect the rights of all, not just provide security to the few. The authors unveil the dangerous new security agenda, and put forward inspiring alternatives that promise a just transition to a climate-changed world."--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. The security agenda. The catastrophic convergence: militarism, neoliberalism and climate change / Christian Parenti -- Colonizing the future: climate change and International security strategies / Ben Hayes -- Climate change Inc. how TNCs are managing risk and preparing to profit in a world of runaway climate change / Oscar Reyes.

pt. 2. Security for whom? A permanent state of emergency: civil contingencies, risk management and human rights / Nafeez Ahmed, Ben Hayes and Nick Buxton -- From refugee protection to militarized exclusion: what future for `climate refugees'? / Steve Wright, April Humble and Ben Hayes -- The fix is in: (geo)engineering our way out of the climate crisis? / Kathy Jo Wetter and Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group -- Greenwashing death: climate change and the arms trade / Mark Akkerman.

pt. 3. Acquisition through dispossession. Sowing insecurity: food and agriculture in a time of climate crisis / Zoe W. Brent, Nick Buxton and Annie Shattuck -- In deep water: confronting the climate and water crises / Mary Ann Manahan -- Power to the people: rethinking energy security / The Platform Collective -- Conclusion: finding security in a climate-changed world / Ben Hayes and Nick Buxton.

"What if government and corporate elites have given up on the idea of stopping climate change and prefer to try to manage its consequences? The Secure and the Dispossessed shows how the military and corporations plan to maintain control in a world reshaped by climate change. With one eye on the scientific evidence and the other on their global assets, dystopian preparations by the powerful are already fueling militarized security responses to the unfolding climate crisis. The implications for social and environmental justice are disturbing. Adaptation to a climate-changed world is desperately needed, but it must protect the rights of all, not just provide security to the few. The authors unveil the dangerous new security agenda, and put forward inspiring alternatives that promise a just transition to a climate-changed world."--

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