2014: Climate Change… Change Everything
January 5, 2015 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
"Capitalism is Destroying the Planet, We Need Revolution Nothing Less" contingent at People's Climate March. Photo: Special to Revolution.
Climate change, driven in large part by capitalism’s addiction to fossil fuels, is accelerating toward a catastrophe that will hit the poorest people on the planet the hardest. The year 2014 was the hottest in recorded history. On September 21, hundreds of thousands joined the People’s Climate March in New York City behind the call to “change everything,” and to “bend the course of history.” As the global powers trumpet agreements that do not really touch the problem, there is a real and urgent question posed: What kind of change is necessary to reverse and also to confront irreversible environmental devastation?
Climate change is already causing more extreme storms and sea level rise. The changing climate is caused by the buildup in Earth's atmosphere of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and other practices driven by the capitalist system. Above, Bangladesh flooded during monsoon season. Photo: AP
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