Another State is Possible: Finance, Climate Capture and the New Politics of Living
Rosie Collington
May 2027 · John Murray
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Governments aren't arresting climate change. What's stopping them? And how can they start?
The Paris Agreement was meant to mark a turning point in the fight against climate change. Yet a decade later, the world remains dangerously off track. Why have governments failed to meet their commitments? Another State is Possible tackles the paradox at the heart of the climate crisis: despite the renewed ambition of international agreements and a collective commitment to state action, global emissions have continued to rise.
Political economist Rosie Collington presents a clear-eyed diagnosis of the systemic failures driving climate inaction. She challenges the conventional excuses of the state - pandemics, wars and economic shocks - and lays bare the real problem: the flawed logic of 'Green State Capitalism', an approach that ties environmental objectives to capitalist economic expansion. By dissecting its mechanisms, from financing and industrial policy to scientific expertise, she spotlights both the promises and flaws of state-led climate action and exposes its contradictions.
Despite their shortcomings, governments are the best vehicle for limiting global warming and preventing ecological collapse. It is only by understanding the root causes of governmental failure that we can redefine what and who the state exists for. Collington offers a vision for reshaping state structures and explores how we can work together to achieve it. The message is clear: change is within reach. Another state is possible.
The Paris Agreement was meant to mark a turning point in the fight against climate change. Yet a decade later, the world remains dangerously off track. Why have governments failed to meet their commitments? Another State is Possible tackles the paradox at the heart of the climate crisis: despite the renewed ambition of international agreements and a collective commitment to state action, global emissions have continued to rise.
Political economist Rosie Collington presents a clear-eyed diagnosis of the systemic failures driving climate inaction. She challenges the conventional excuses of the state - pandemics, wars and economic shocks - and lays bare the real problem: the flawed logic of 'Green State Capitalism', an approach that ties environmental objectives to capitalist economic expansion. By dissecting its mechanisms, from financing and industrial policy to scientific expertise, she spotlights both the promises and flaws of state-led climate action and exposes its contradictions.
Despite their shortcomings, governments are the best vehicle for limiting global warming and preventing ecological collapse. It is only by understanding the root causes of governmental failure that we can redefine what and who the state exists for. Collington offers a vision for reshaping state structures and explores how we can work together to achieve it. The message is clear: change is within reach. Another state is possible.
Governments aren't arresting climate change. What's stopping them? And how can they start?
The Paris Agreement was meant to mark a turning point in the fight against climate change. Yet a decade later, the world remains dangerously off track. Why have governments failed to meet their commitments...
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About the author
Rosie Collington is a political economist and academic. With Mariana Mazzucato she is the author of The Big Con, which was published by Allen Lane in the UK, Penguin Press in the US and in nine other territories. She has appeared on BBC Radio 4, NPR's The Takeaway, Novara Media, Al Jazeera English and ABC, and regularly contributes to podcasts including The Majority Report with Sam Seder, Tech Won't Save Us, and Macrodose with James Meadway. Her writing has been published in the Guardian, Project Syndicate and Jacobin. Rosie is currently a researcher in International Political Economy at Copenhagen Business School. She lives between London and Copenhagen.
Rosie Collington is a political economist and academic. With Mariana Mazzucato she is the author of The Big Con, which was published by Allen Lane in the UK, Penguin Press in the US and in nine other territories. She has appeared on BBC Radio 4, NPR's The Takeaway, Novara Media, Al Jazeera Englis...
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