Climate obstruction across Europe /

"Decades of effort to address anthropogenic climate change have failed to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions that are destabilizing Earth's life-support systems. Many theories of why we have failed have been advanced, but one reason has barely been studied: the well-organized efforts to...

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Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Other Authors: Brulle, Robert J. (Editor), Roberts, J. Timmons (Editor), Spencer, Miranda C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Decades of effort to address anthropogenic climate change have failed to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions that are destabilizing Earth's life-support systems. Many theories of why we have failed have been advanced, but one reason has barely been studied: the well-organized efforts to obstruct climate action. Since the 2010s, an expanding body of investigative reporting and academic research has documented an extensive, well-organized enterprise, led by corporations and their affiliated trade associations, to interfere with progress on reducing carbon emissions. Yet, for the most part, these impediments remain marginal to the public discussion on how best to address climate change"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197762080
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