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"This month will mark a critical juncture in the struggle to avoid climate
catastrophe. At the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland,
negotiators will be faced with the urgent need to get the world economy off the
business-as-usual track that will take the Earth up to and beyond 3 degrees
Celsius of excess heating before this century’s end, according to the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Yet so far, the pledges of
rich nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions have been far too weak to rein in
the temperature rise. Meanwhile, the Biden administration’s climate plans hang
in the balance. If Congress fails to pass the reconciliation bill, the next
opportunity for the United States to take effective climate action may not
arise until it’s too late.
For the past several decades, Noam Chomsky has been one of the most forceful
and persuasive voices confronting injustice, inequity, and the threat posed by
human-caused climate chaos to civilization and the Earth. I was eager to know
professor Chomsky’s views on the roots of our current dire predicament and on
humanity’s prospects for emerging from this crisis into a livable future. He
graciously agreed to speak with me via video chat. The text here is an abridged
version of a conversation we had on Oct. 1, 2021.
Professor Chomsky, now 92, is the author of numerous bestselling political
works, translated into scores of languages. His critiques of power and advocacy
on behalf of the political agency of the common person have inspired
generations of activists and organizers. He has been institute professor
emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1976. His most
recent books are
Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and
Resistance, with Marv Waterstone, and
Climate Crisis and the Global Green New
Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet, with Robert Pollin and C.J.
Polychroniou."
Via Muse.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
