Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil Society: Negative Returns on South African Investments

Scotsville, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2009. 2nd ed. Small quarto in glossy photo-illus stiff paper wraps; xvi, 231 pages: illustrations; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index. Fine. . Paperback. ISBN: 9781869141417

Signed and inscribed by primary author. Contents: Dirty politics: South African energy -- Interrogating nuclear and renewable energy -- Low-hanging fruit always rots first: observations from South Africa's carbon market -- Climate fraud and carbon colonialism -- World Bank carbon colonies -- Prototype carbon fund beneficiaries -- Biog oil and Africans -- Oil companies and African wealth depletion -- Oil, climate change and resistance from the South -- Beyond Bali -- Conclusion: leave the oil in the soil. / Climatic changes -- South Africa. Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- South Africa. Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- South Africa. Carbon offsetting -- South Africa. Pollution -- Economic aspects -- South Africa. Energy policy -- South Africa. Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa. Climat -- Changements -- Afrique du Sud. Climat -- Changements -- Aspect social -- Afrique du Sud. Climat -- Changements -- Aspect économique -- Afrique du Sud. Compensation des émissions de carbone -- Afrique du Sud. Politique énergétique -- Afrique du Sud. Carbon offsetting. Climatic changes -- Economic aspects. Climatic changes. Climatic changes -- Social aspects. Economic history -- Environmental aspects. Energy policy. Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects. Pollution -- Economic aspects. Klimaänderung Kohlendioxidemission Umweltzertifikathandel Zivilgesellschaft Time: Since 1991 South Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1991- -- Environmental aspects. Afrique du Sud -- Conditions économiques -- 1991- -- Aspect de l'environnement. South Africa. Südafrika