The environmental geopolitics of the United States and its allies in the global north
Implications for Latin America
Coordinatoris Fernando Estenssoro. Juan Pablo Vásquez Bustamante.
Authors: Monica Bruckmann. Miguel Ángel Barrios. Raúl Bernal Meza. Alejandro Carrasco Luna. Daniel Rubens Cenci. Luis Clavería Cambon. Cristián Garay Vera. Tamara Lajtman. Cristian Lorenzo. Ana Mirka Seitz. Juliane Rodrígues-Teixeira. Jerônimo Siqueira Tybusch. Javier Enrique Zúñiga Tapia. Fernando Estenssoro. Juan Pablo Vásquez Bustamante.
CLACSO Working Group on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the World System
The geopolitics of the 21st century is largely determined by the global environmental crisis (climate change, biodiversity loss, ozone layer depletion, water and air pollution, among others). From the perspective of some critical thinkers, this crisis began with the expansion and rise of the European capitalist system, and it is clear that hyper-industrialized, high-consumption societies are responsible for this situation. The powers of the Global North, led by the United States, view the environmental crisis as a threat to their national security and the maintenance of their standard of living, which translates into the development of an environmental geopolitics aimed at increasing their decision-making power over the global management of the planet.
ISBN 978-987-813-213-6
CLACSO. UNIJUÍ.
Buenos Aires. Rio Grande do Sul.
May 2022
