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EAN : 9782348046773
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 250
Size : 140 x 205 mm
CLIMATE CRIMINALS

Collection : Cahiers libres
Release date : 13/01/2022
We must each do our part as individual citizens to save the planet: that much is constantly hammered home. But this book reveals who is truly to blame for our climate catastrophe and shows how urgent it is to stop them from doing any more harm.
One hundred companies are in...
We must each do our part as individual citizens to save the planet: that much is constantly hammered home. But this book reveals who is truly to blame for our climate catastrophe and shows how urgent it is to stop them from doing any more harm.
One hundred companies are in fact responsible for 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions—among them, the multinationals Aramco, Gazprom, and China Energy.
This unprecedented investigation shows just how these three industrial giants deploy an entire arsenal of formidable strategies—corruption, neocolonialism, lobbying, greenwashing, soft power, etc.—to perpetuate our addiction to carbon.
From private clubs in New York to the halls of the Élysée Palace, Beijing banks to the royal seat in Riyadh, Mickaël Correia unveils the circles of power at the heart of fossil fuel capitalism and the way in which these companies, from the shadows, are playing with fire, a fire that could consume all humankind.
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EAN : 9782348046773
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 250
Size : 140 x 205 mm
La Découverte