Ecological debt : global warming and the wealth of nations /
Andrew Simms
- 2nd ed
- New York : Pluto Press, 2009
- xiv, 318 p. 20 cm
This is the second edition of Simms's highly-regarded guide to ecological debt shows how millions of us in the West are running up huge ecological debts: from the amount of oil and coal that we burn to heat our houses and run our cars, to what we consume and the waste that we create, the impact of our lifestyles is felt worldwide. Whilst these debts go unpaid, millions more living in poverty in the majority world suffer the burden of paying dubious foreign financial debts.