Women's Studies 1022F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Green Economy, Essentialism, 2Degrees

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1022F/G
• Professor: Bipasha Baruah

Document Summary

Lecture 9 - gender, climate change and the green economy: key issues. When examining climate change, there is much evidence about the science of it, it is basically undisputed. Class topic: trump signs executive order to end the war on coal . If you put 100 scientists together, only 1% are skeptical that climate change is not caused by humans. What is it that prevents us from acting: politicking around these issues, especially by major corporations that have a lot to lose, this is the economy that we"ve created, and now need to take apart. We can"t wait until we run out of materials to then adapt the resources already exist and it is important to change now. What is climate change: global warming and climate change refers to an increase in average global temperatures. Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures.