Climate change is arguably the greatest threat facing humanity.
This may seem an odd combination at first sight, but the reasoning behind it shows why opposing economic globalisation and replacing it with an ecological alternative is so important for the well-being of people and the planet. New exploration and pipelines threaten the survival of peoples in the Amazon basin, Southeast Asia and North America. Growth demands further growth, and if companies do not expand in today s internationally competitive markets they stagnate and die. Smaller enterprises are swallowed up whole or trampled underfoot in the stampede to maintain or increase returns on short-term investment, or even simply to repay loan capital. It should therefore come as no surprise that oil companies are engaged in a frenzy of mergers similar to news corporations, investment firms and biotech industries.