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Authors: Naomi Klein
Tuvalu,
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2 degrees Celsius boundary,
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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research,
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–87,
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Uganda,
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ultra-deepwater “subsalt” drilling,
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Undesirables
(Isaacs),
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unemployment,
180
unemployment insurance,
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Unified Campesino Movement of Aguán,
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Union of Concerned Scientists,
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Clean Vehicles Program at,
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United Kingdom,
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compensation of slave-owners in,
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–16,
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“dash for cash” in,
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divestment movement in,
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Industrial Revolution in,
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–73,
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negatives of privatization in,
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politics of climate change in,
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,
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supports for renewable energy cut in,
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Thatcher government of,
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World War II rationing in,
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–16
Bloomberg as special envoy for cities and climate change
of,
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Clean Development Mechanism (CDM),
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–20,
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climate governance and,
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climate summits of,
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see also specific summits
Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
see
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
international agreements and,
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Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food,
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United
Nations Conference on the Human Environment of 1972,
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
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,
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United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,
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United Nations Environmental Modification Convention,
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
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United Nations Framework on Climate Change,
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United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),
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–79
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
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United Nations Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992),
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United Policyholders,
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carbon emissions from,
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coal exports from,
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Copenhagen agreement signed by,
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energy privatization reversals in,
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environmental legislation in,
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failure of climate legislation in,
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Kyoto Protocol and,
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–19,
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oil and gas export restrictions in,
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opposition movement in,
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solar energy market in,
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WTO challenges brought against,
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WTO challenges brought by,
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–65,
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United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP),
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–28
University College London,
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–16
uranium,
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urban
planning, green,
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US Airways,
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–2
U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
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utilities, alternative models for,
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–33
U’wa,
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Vagt, Robert F.,
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Vancouver, Canada,
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Var, France,
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Vassiliou, Anni,
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vegetation, carbon and,
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Venezuela,
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–80
Venkataraman, R.,
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venture capitalists,
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Vermont:
anti-fracking movement in,
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local agriculture in,
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–5
Vernon, Caitlyn,
365
Vidal, John,
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Vietnam War,
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Virgin Earth Challenge,
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–85
Virgin Airlines,
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–44,
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–52
Virgin Fuels,
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Virgin Racing,
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Viteri, Franco,
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volcanic eruptions:
droughts and,
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–73
global impact
of,
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weather patterns and,
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,
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Volney, Constantin-François,
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Vowel, Chelsea,
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Voynet, Dominique,
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wage controls,
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Wallach, Lori,
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in financial crisis of 2008,
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Walton, Sam,
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Walton, Sam Rawlings,
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Walton Family Foundation,
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Wang Wenlin,
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Wania, Frank,
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Ward, Barbara,
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Warsaw climate change summit (2013),
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–201,
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Washington, D.C.:
Keystone XL protest in,
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record temperatures in,
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Washington Consensus,
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Washington State,
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Indigenous land rights in,
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–75,
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proposed coal export terminals in,
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Washington, Tracie,
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water:
disruption to supplies of,
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First Nations and,
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privatization of,
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as public utility,
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water pollution:
extractive industry and,
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from fracking,
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–29,
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of factories,
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steam engine vs.,
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Watt, James,
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–75,
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Waxman-Markey,
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wealth:
decentralization
of,
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greenhouse gas emissions and,
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–14
transfers of,
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Wealth of Nations
(Smith),
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,
462
weapons, climate change and,
9
weather futures,
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–9
weatherization,
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weather patterns:
global warming and,
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historical record of,
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–76
Pinatubo eruption and,
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,
270
,
271
–72,
274
variations
in,
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weather patterns, intentional modification of:
see also
Pinatubo Option; Solar Radiation Management
Weintrobe, Sally,
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West Antarctic ice sheet,
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West Burton, England,
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Western Australia,
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West, Thomas,
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wetlands, extractive industry damage to,
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–26
Weyerhaeuser,
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Where
Do We Go from Here
(King),
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Whitehead, Andrew,
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Whitehorn, Will,
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–31
Whitehouse, Mark,
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Whiteman, Phillip, Jr.,
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Whole Earth Catalogue,
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wilderness system, federal,
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Wildlife Conservation Society,
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–22
Wildlife Society,
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Willemse, Oom Johannes,
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Williams, Eric,
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Willis, Rebecca,
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“Window for Thermal Coal Investment Is Closing” (Goldman Sachs),
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wind power,
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in combined-cycle plant,
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fracking’s negative impact on,
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n
large offshore,
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manufacturers in,
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private sector and,
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Woolsey, R. James,
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Woolworth,
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workers,
see
labor; trade unions
in Industrial Revolution,
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public sector,
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work hours, shorter,
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–94
World Academy of Sciences,
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World Bank,
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–48,
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austerity promoted by,
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on carbon tax,
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free market ideology and,
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new coal projects opposed by,
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–49
on 2 degrees Celsius limit,
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–13
World Conference Against Racism (2001),
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World Conference on
the Changing Atmosphere,
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–74
World Economic Forum,
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World Future Council,
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World Health Organization,
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world markets, liberation of,
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World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth,
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World Resources Institute,
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World Trade Organization (WTO),
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green energy programs challenged by,
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–65,
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–73,
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worldview:
communitarian,
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dominance-based,
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extractivist,
see
extractivism
regenerative,
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World War I, collective sacrifice in,
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World War II:
collective sacrifice in,
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–17,
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–16
social programs in wake of,
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