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050	0	0	_aTD 171.75 _b.Sy67 2019
100	1		_aSymons, Jonathan. _933948
245	1	0	_aEcomodernism : _btechnology, politics and the climate crisis / _cJonathan Symons.
260			_aCambridge, UK : _bPolity Press, _cc2019.
264		1	_aCambridge, UK : _bPolity Press, _cc2019.
300			_aix, 232 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [199]-218) and indexes.
505	0		_aThe thirty years crisis -- Ecomodernism and its critics -- Assessing the technological challenge -- The politics of low-carbon innovation -- Human flourishing amid climate harms -- Global social democracy and geoengineering justice.
520			_aIs climate catastrophe inevitable? In a world of extreme inequality, rising nationalism and mounting carbon emissions, the future looks gloomy. Yet one group of environmentalists, the ‘ecomodernists’, are optimistic. They argue that technological innovation and universal human development hold the keys to an ecologically vibrant future. However, this perspective, which advocates fighting climate change with all available technologies – including nuclear power, synthetic biology and others not yet invented – is deeply controversial because it rejects the Green movement’s calls for greater harmony with nature. In this book, Jonathan Symons offers a qualified defence of the ecomodernist vision. Ecomodernism, he explains, is neither as radical or reactionary as its critics claim, but belongs in the social democratic tradition, promoting a third way between laissez-faire and anti-capitalism. Critiquing and extending ecomodernist ideas, Symons argues that states should defend against climate threats through transformative investments in technological innovation. A good Anthropocene is still possible – but only if we double down on science and humanism to push beyond the limits to growth. -- _bFrom the Publisher
650		0	_aClimate change mitigation. _928386
650		0	_aEnvironmental protection _xTechnological innovations. _933949
650		0	_aEnvironmental degradation _xPrevention. _933950
650		0	_aGreen technology. _920462
650		0	_aNature _xEffect of human beings on.
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