The Value Of A Whale On The Illusions Of Green Capitalism Adrienne Buller by Adrienne Buller 9781526162632, 1526162636 instant download after payment.

Public understanding of, and outcry over, the dire state of the climate & environment is greater than ever before. Parties across the political spectrum claim to be climate leaders, & overt denial is on the way out. Yet when it comes to slowing the course of the climate & 1nature crises, despite a growing number of pledges, policies & summits, little ever seems to change. Nature is being destroyed at an unprecedented rate. We remain on course for a catastrophic 3°C of warming. What's holding us back?

In this searing & insightful critique, Adrienne Buller examines the fatal biases that have shaped the response of our governing institutions to climate & environmental breakdown, & asks: are the ‘solutions’ being proposed really solutions? Tracing the intricate connections between financial power, economic injustice & ecological crisis, she exposes the myopic economism & market-centric thinking presently undermining a future where all life can flourish. 

The book examines what is wrong with mainstream climate & environmental governance, from carbon pricing & offset markets to 'green growth', the commodification of nature & the growing influence of the finance industry on environmental policy. In doing so, it exposes the self-defeating logic of a response to these challenges based on creating new opportunities for profit, & a refusal to grapple with the inequalities & injustices that have created them. Both honest & optimistic, The Value of a Whale asks us – in the face of crisis – what we really value.

This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11, Sustainable cities & communities