Journalist Christian Parenti speaks about his new book, Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. He connects the effects of climate change to the increasing number of civil wars, ethnic violence, criminality and failed states between the Topics of Cancer and Capricorn. Parenti argues even in the U.S., factions on the right are using climate change as an excuse to push for increased border control and harsh anti-immigrant policies.

Featuring:  

Christian Parenti, contributing editor at The Nation, a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute, and a visiting scholar at the City University of New York. He is the author of: Tropic of Chaos, Lockdown America, The Soft Cage, and The Freedom.

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Christian Parenti:

http://www.christianparenti.com/

The International Programme on the State of the Ocean

http://www.stateoftheocean.org/

The Nature Conservancy

http://www.nature.org/

Climate Reality

http://climaterealityproject.org/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

http://www.ipcc.ch/

Pew Center on Global Climate Change:

http://www.pewclimate.org/

Conservation International:

http://www.conservation.org/learn/climate/Pages/overview.aspx

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

http://www.strategies.org/

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