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The end of this world : climate justice in so-called Canada  Cover Image E-book E-book

The end of this world : climate justice in so-called Canada / Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël Laforest, Crystal Lameman & Bronwen Tucker.

Alook, Angele, (author.). Eaton, Emily, 1980- (author.). Gray-Donald, David, (author.). Laforest, Joël, (author.). Lameman, Crystal, (author.). Tucker, Bronwen, (author.).

Summary:

In this compelling roadmap to a livable future, Indigenous sovereignty and a solution to the climate crisis go hand in hand.

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  • ISBN: 9781771136136
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (237 pages)
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Between the Lines, 2023.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Intro -- Cover Page -- Praise for The End of this World -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Principles for a Just Transition -- What We Call Things -- 1. No More Broken Promises: Asserting Indigenous Sovereignty -- Beaver Lake Cree Nation's Treaty Case -- Colonial Impositions -- Treaty Relationships -- Restoring Indigenous Sovereignty and Nationhood -- Neo-colonial Resource Extraction on Indigenous Lands -- Indigenous Nations Lead the Way -- Land Back? -- Return to Treaty: Upholding Sovereignty -- 2. Delay and Deny: Canada's Approach to Climate Action and Indigenous Sovereignty -- Social Movements Grow -- Industry Responds: Canada's Backroom Approach to Indigenous Rights -- Sustainable Development Discourse and Voluntary Climate Measures -- Neoliberalism and Colonial Extraction -- The New Climate Denialism, or Climate Delayism -- "Net Zero" and New Denialism in the 2020s and Beyond -- 3. A Just Fossil Fuel Phase-Out -- The Canadian Oil and Gas Industry's Plans -- Supply-Side Solutions -- Regulatory First Steps -- Public Ownership or Regulation? -- Shared Jurisdiction and Dual Governance -- Supporting Fossil Fuel Workers and Communities in the Transition -- 4. Green Infrastructure for All -- Two Principles to Guide Green Energy Infrastructure for All -- Redistributing Wealth and Emissions -- Green Grids -- Housing and Residential Energy Use -- Clean Transportation for All -- 5. Miyo-wîcihtowin: Uniting to Build a Caring Economy for All -- The Capitalist Colonial Economy of Canada -- Indigenous Laws and Social Systems of Care -- A Just Transition Means Building Care Economies for All -- Restoring Indigenous Care Economies -- Fighting for Universal Public Services -- Ensuring Decent, Low-Carbon Work -- Clawing Back the Death Economy -- 6. Changing the Political Weather -- What's behind Social Movements That "Win"?.
Picking Winnable and Transformative Fights -- All in for Land Back -- Defund the Bad, Refund Land and Life -- But how will we pay for it? -- Building Unions for the Decolonial Just Transition -- Winning Local, Public Goods -- 7. Sihtoskâtowin: Pulling Together for a Just Transition -- A New Political Alignment for a Decolonial Just Transition -- What about Elections? -- We Need Everyone -- Movements Are Infrastructure! -- Liberating Time, Land, and Money -- Looking Back to Go Forward -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary of Cree Terms -- Notes -- Index.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Subject: Environmental justice > Canada.
Environmentalism > Canada.
Environmental protection > Canada.
Genre: Electronic books.


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