Week 17: Environmental Justice

According to Magdoff & Foster, it is possible to solve our current climate crisis under capitalism.

• True

• False

According to Magdoff and Foster, how does capitalist economies typically attempt to 'solve' the problem of climate catastrophe?

• Shutting down unnecessary production

• Green(er) technologies

• Giving workers power over the production process

• Supporting struggling countries in the Global South

According to Magdoff & Foster, the insatiable need for profit, and therefore, growth, is compatible in a system of finite resources.

• True

• False

According to Sealy-Huggins, what does the temperature 1.5°C represent?

According to Sealy-Huggins, why do developing countries, like Bolivia and Venezuela, sign on to international environmental accords (COP15) even though it doesn't benefit them?

• They want to prove they can develop quickly

• They need laxer environmental standards for their dirty industries

• They want to support the U.S. and other developed nations

• They were bribed and blackmailed by the U.S and co.

According to Sealy-Huggins, how can we characterize modern-day relations between the U.S. and co. with developing countries?

• Colonial and Imperial

• Friendly and Equitable

• Antagonistic with both sides wielding equal power

• Coercive w/ the Global South pushing for concessions from the U.S