Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
Jun 23, 2026 · 33 min · 11 segments
*Author and professor Matt Huber argues that solving the climate crisis doesn’t require economic "degrowth".* On this episode of *Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy*, Matt Huber, author…
Matt HuberGuest
Emma ThompsonHost
The book is called Climate Change as Class War, and I'm really trying to say that as we experience more and more climate change with hotter temperatures, stronger storms, that kind of violence that people feel from climate change is actually a class war that's waged by the owner class, the capitalist class, who actually control and profit off fossil fuel-based infrastructure and production.
It's It's a more sort of concentrated story of a small minority of owners as opposed to the sort of dispersed billions of carbon footprints who all kind of contribute these minuscule amounts.
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The book is called Climate Change as Class War, and I'm really trying to say that as we experience more and more climate change with hotter temperatures, stronger storms, that kind of violence that people feel from climate change is actually a class war that's waged by the owner class, the capitalist class, who actually control and profit off fossil fuel-based infrastructure and production.
It's It's a more sort of concentrated story of a small minority of owners as opposed to the sort of dispersed billions of carbon footprints who all kind of contribute these minuscule amounts.