Carbon colonialism: how rich countries export climate breakdown, by Laurie Parsons
Compulsory reading to gain insights into many climate issues that receive insufficient ‘airtime’
Laurie Parsons, Carbon colonialism: how rich countries export climate breakdown, Manchester University Press, 2023, 248 pages
This excellent book should be compulsory reading for all those involved in the preservation of life on our precious planet as we know it. Many of the sub issues of the climate crisis are already known, but this work shines a light on various key aspects that have yet to receive sufficient ‘airtime’. The stories behind ‘blood diamonds’ have been made into a box office movie
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