Book contents
- Organising Responses to Climate Change
- Organising Responses to Climate Change
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Part I The Politics of Climate Change
- Part II The Politics of Climate Mitigation
- Part III The Politics of Climate Adaptation
- 5 Climate Adaptation and the Maintenance of Corporate Hegemony
- 6 Now Is Not the Time: The Social Construction of Adaptation
- Part IV The Politics of Climate Suffering
- Part V The Politics of Climate Futures
- References
- Index
6 - Now Is Not the Time: The Social Construction of Adaptation
from Part III - The Politics of Climate Adaptation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2022
Book contents
- Organising Responses to Climate Change
- Organising Responses to Climate Change
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Part I The Politics of Climate Change
- Part II The Politics of Climate Mitigation
- Part III The Politics of Climate Adaptation
- 5 Climate Adaptation and the Maintenance of Corporate Hegemony
- 6 Now Is Not the Time: The Social Construction of Adaptation
- Part IV The Politics of Climate Suffering
- Part V The Politics of Climate Futures
- References
- Index
Summary
As corporations and politicians promote future ‘win-win’ solutions to climate change, communities in vulnerable regions of the world are already experiencing the effects of a devastating ecological unravelling. Increasingly intense storms, floods, hurricanes, fires and droughts are leaving myriad physical impacts – many of them in the form of loss of life and property.
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- Organising Responses to Climate ChangeThe Politics of Mitigation, Adaptation and Suffering, pp. 109 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022