Adaption Is The Answer
The question is not so much how we can “fight” climate change but how to do so in a way that does not create other, more disruptive, changes in society and the economy.
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The question is not so much how we can “fight” climate change but how to do so in a way that does not create other, more disruptive, changes in society and the economy.
As in the “great game“ practiced by European colonialists in the nineteenth century, in the new great game interests overcome principles.
by Hügo Krüger and Joel Kotkin — There’s a new kind of colonialism afoot in rich nations – environmental colonialism that was on full display at the UN’s latest climate summit, known as the COP27.
by Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — Global policy and politics, particularly in the high-income world, have green dreams for energy and the economy; inflationary realities are hitting the working class and denizens of developing countries.
by Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — We are returning to something resembling the “Great Game” of the 19th century, which saw Britain and Tsarist Russia struggle over the resources of central Asia, as other European nations strove to expand their empires into commodity-rich Africa.
by Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — The wounds of green hypocrisy are self-inflicted — a product of misguided policies meant to accelerate the transition to green energy.
by Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — Developing countries have gotten to the economic table just when climate change policies driven by western nations are placing new roadblocks to manufacturing-led growth.
by Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — As COVID-19 rages on in Latin America and elsewhere, the possible collapse of these developing societies will have far-reaching impacts across the globe.
by Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world economy in ways that will be debated by pundits and future historians for decades to come, but looks likely to produce clear economic winners and losers.
The coming post-COVID global order threatens to usher in a neo-feudal future, leaving billions stranded permanently in poverty.