Climate change is already affecting millions of people. Governments
talk about taking action to limit global heating to 2 degrees Celsius
above pre-industrial levels, but the greenhouse gas emissions allowed
by their policies have the Earth on track to heating far more than
that by the end of the century--a level of heating that will have
truly disastrous consequences. Visionary plans for how to slash
emissions and make society better at the same time abound, including
various Green New Deals. But how can we make the changes that are so
urgently needed?
Future on Fire
argues that a just transition from fossil fuels and other drivers of
climate change will not be delivered by businesspeople or politicians
that support the status quo. Nor will electing green left leaders be
enough to overcome the opposition of capitalists and state
bureaucrats. Only the power of disruptive mass social movements has
the potential to force governments to make the changes we need, so
supporters of climate justice should commit to building them.
Confronting the question "what if heating above 2 degrees
becomes unavoidable?" and refusing to despair, David Camfield
argues that even a ravaged planet is worth fighting for--and that
ultimately the only solution to the ecological crisis created by
capitalism is a transition to ecosocialism.