DURBAN'S CLIMATE GAMBLE: TRADING CARBON BETTING THE EARTH IN SOUTH AFRICA

Durban's Climate Gamble: Trading Carbon Betting The Earth Edited by Patrick Bond 2011 - 254 PAGES Soft Cover in Good Condition Durban, South Africa is a city of immense beauty. It is also a city with deep environmental scars caused by industrial giants and an insensitive government. As the host city for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference - COP 17 - Durban will be at the center of the world's climate negotiations. This book takes the reader on a journey from Durban's apartheid roots to its somewhat jaded present, passing cultural icons and political battles while narrating socio-economic and environmental conflict and the reinvention of the city's tradition of social protest.