'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.

Acknowledgements

Lucrative Transitions, Green Colonialism and Pathways to Transformative Ecosocial Justice: An Introduction - Miriam Lang, Breno Bringel and Mary Ann Manahan

PART I: Hegemonic Transitions and the Geopolitics of Power

1. Global Energy Transitions and Green Extractivism - Kristina Dietz

2. Corporate energy transition: The South American Lithium Triangle as a Test Case - Maristella Svampa

3. Decolonising the Energy Transition in North Africa - Hamza Hamouchene

4. Can the Greatest Polluters Save the Planet? Decolonisation Policies in the US, EU and China - John Feffer and Edgardo Lander
5. Accumulation and Dispossession by Decarbonisation - Ivonne Yanez and Camila Moreno

PART II: Analysing Green Colonialism: Global Interdependencies and Entanglements

6. The Continuity and Intensification of Imperial Appropriation in the Global Economy - Christian Dorninger
7. Taking on the Eternal Debts of the South - Miriam Lang, Alberto Acosta and Esperanza Martínez
8. What to Expect from the State in Socio-ecological Transformations? - Ulrich Brand and Miriam Lang
9. Green Colonialism in Colonial Structures: A Pan-African Perspective - Nnimmo Bassey
10. Under the Yoke of Neoliberal 'Green' Trade - Rachmi Hertanti
11. 'Nature-Based Solutions' for a Profit-based Global Environmental Governance - Mary Ann Manahan


PART III: Horizons Toward a Dignified and Liveable Future

12. Resist Extractivism and Build a Just and Popular Energy Transition in Latin America - Tatiana Roa Avendaño and Pablo Bertinat
13. Eco-feminist Perspectives from Africa - Zo Randriamaro
14. A Feminist Degrowth for Unsettling Transition - Bengi Akbulut
15. Degrowth, Climate Emergency and Transformation of Work - Luis Gonzalez Reyes
16. Nayakrishi Andolon: Alternatives to the Modern, Corporate Agri-Food System in Bangladesh - Farida Akther
17. Designing Systemic Regional Transitions: An Action-Research Experience in Colombia - Maria Campo and Arturo Escobar
18. Towards a New Eco-Territorial Internationalism - Breno Bringel and Sabrina Fernandes