'Written by some of the most important theorists of the ecological degrowth and debt movements
... A powerful and comprehensive analysis. Essential reading' Silvia Federici author of
Caliban and the Witch 'An impeccably documented well-argued book [that shows that] a
post-carbon world needs to be a post-capitalist world' Walden Bello author of Deglobalization
'Brilliantly surveys critical feminist ecological and decolonial perspectives from leading
scholars and activists' Peter Newell Professor University of Sussex The time for denial is
over. Across the Global North the question of how we should respond to the climate crisis has
been answered: with a shift to renewables electric cars carbon trading and hydrogen. But
beneath the sustainability branding these climate 'solutions' are leading to new environmental
injustices and green colonialism. The green growth and clean energy plans of the Global North
require the large-scale extraction of strategic minerals from the Global South. The geopolitics
of transition imply sacrificing not only territories but truly sustainable ways of inhabiting
this world. This book provides a platform for the voices that have been conspicuously
absent in debates around energy and climate. Drawing on case studies from across the Global
South the authors offer critiques of green colonialism in its material political and symbolic
dimensions discuss the entanglements that connect the transitions of different world regions
and explore alternative pathways toward a liveable and just future for all. Miriam Lang is
Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Ecuador.
Mary Ann Manahan is a doctoral assistant in the Department of Conflict and Development Studies
at Ghent University Belgium. Breno Bringel is a Professor of Sociology at the State University
of Rio de Janeiro and a Senior Fellow at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
