Apocalypse Now!

Climate change, capitalism and revolution

Abstract

In the year since the publication in October 2018 of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Report warning that the world has 12 years, that is until 2030, in which to limit global warming to a 1.5 °C increase, the impending apocalypse of catastrophic climate breakdown has moved dramatically from future tense to present tense.