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Anarchism and Climate Change

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Panel Description and Paper Abstracts

Topics for discussion on ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE for a panel session at the 1st ASN Conference.

If you have an interest in these topics please contact the workshop organizer Kostas Latoufis at klapeto@hotmail.com as soon as possible.

1. CLIMATE CHANGE • IPCC report and scientific projections (general critic, climate debt from North to South) • Energy production and CO2 emissions (coal, oil) • Transport and CO2 emissions (bio fuels, hydrogen cells)

2. CAPITALIST PROPOSALS • Expansion of free market economy (Stern report) • International agreements on reduction of emissions (Kyoto protocol, Bali talks) • Proposals for energy production and CO2 emissions - Carbon technologies (carbon capture) - Efficiency increase of carbon fuelled plants - Efficiency increase in consumption - Transition to new technologies where associated costs are paid by the consumer (eco taxes, quotas, economic evaluation of environment) - Nuclear proposal to answer increase in energy demand

3. ECOLOGY AND THE COMMONS • Murray Bookchin and social ecology (authoritarian structures) • Joel Kovel and ecosocialism (production process) • Hugo Blanco and indigenous collectivism (ecocentric values)

4. RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND MICROGRIDS • Energy production from wind, sun, biomass, biogas, water • Characteristics of microgrids (autonomous electricity systems and decentralised networks) - Decentralised - Small scale, local and community based - Directly democratic planning - Easy to use technology, plug and play - DIY renewable energy sources - Consumer becomes producer

5. COMBINING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STRUGGLES • In the global north - Pressure against state and capital - Local self organised initiatives towards decentralised energy production • In the global south - Renewable energy production to help satisfy basic needs and strengthen the autonomy of local movements

• Unity of north and south through global decentralised solidarity networks (Peoples Global Action, Social Forums, Via Campesina, Other Campaign and the Sixth International, etc ) • Global exchange of technical knowledge, funds (north) and communal, ecocentric values (south)