Whale Conservation - The Key Concept of the Book of Green Capitalism

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The key concept that the book revolves around is this idea of green capitalism, right? The way that we're going to respond to climate change is through these market mechanisms as you're describing. So can you give us a bit more detail on what green capitalism actually is and what, you know, the systems of capital seek to present as the solution to climate change? Yeah. I mean, there are probably so many ways that you could define green capitalism. And indeed, people have different definitions than I do. But the one that I just go from in the book as a starting point came from kind of quite clear trends in the way that sort of capital is responding to climate crisis.

Paris Marx is joined by Adrienne Buller to discuss how the tech and finance industries are selling us false solutions to the climate crisis that are designed for their own benefit.

Adrienne Buller is the Director of Research at Common Wealth and the author of The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism. Follow Adrienne on Twitter at @adribuller.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.

Also mentioned in this episode:

Adrienne originally wrote about the problem with the finance industry’s approach to climate change for Novara Media. She recently wrote about the failure of green capitalism for the Guardian and the power BlackRock wields for Jacobin.
Common Wealth recently produced a report on Asset Management Capitalism.
Elon Musk called ESG a scam after Tesla was booted from the S&P 500’s ESG fund.
Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen wrote The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism.

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