This system commits to free markets, fosters competition, and prevents forces including states from intervening in markets
What is neoliberalism
The unevenness of climate change vulnerability and responsibility is shaped by these three patterns
What are imperial legacies, "G"lobalization, and uneven development
The reason why markets consistently fail to adequately address climate change
unprofitability
this 2015 climate agreement was agreed to by 195 countries and relies on voluntary national emissions reductions “pledges”
What is the Paris climate agreement
This is the idea that we can fix the problem (just/primarily) by switching to renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, nuclear)
What is the renewable energy fix
This discourse describes and attempts to produce a particular form of global interdependence and is characterized by the promotion of neoliberal econoimc policies
What is big "G"globalization
[L]imiting global warming to this temperature compared with 2ºC, could reduce the number of people both exposed to climate-related risks and
susceptible to poverty by up to several hundred million by 2050
What is 1.5ºC
Ecosystem restoration, biodiversity management, Coastal defense and hardening, Green infrastructure, and sustainable land use are examples of this type of climate change response
what is adaptation
This country produces most of world’s clean energy equipment
What is China
This is the idea that we can incentivize our way out of climate change
What is the market fix
The LIEO consists of these five pillars
What are political liberalism, economic liberalism, international liberalism, us hegemony, and "G"lobalization
This idea or fix focuses on transforming society to reduce energy needs and support sustainable development
What is the socio-economic fix
These types of strategies for reducing effects and dealing with warming
adaptation
This large carbon emitter saw its carbon emissions peak in 2007
What is the United States
This legislation provided 400 million dollar towards decarbonization in the US
what is the Inflation Reduction Act
Uneven development describes the way capitalism uses this process to make profits
What is the use of differences between people and places in their accumulation strategies
These types of climate change solutions focus on strategies for reducing emissions and limiting warming
what is mitigation
what is financial/financing
These types of strategies can have the ability to limit climate change's effects globally rather than locally
what are mitigation strategies
This idea that we can innovate our way out of climate problem
These twin processes helped produce little "g" globalization
What are imperialism and capitalism