Claim: We Can Survive the Climate Apocalypse if Capitalists Don’t Get in the Way
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Essay by Eric Worrall
“… One of the main barriers is the rise of anti-intellectualism and populist politics. Often aligned with unregulated capitalism …”
Environmental pressures need not always spark conflict – lessons from history show how crisis can be avoided
Published: September 10, 2025 8.04pm AEST
Jay Silverstein
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Forensics, Nottingham Trent University
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Bronze age aridification in Mesopotamia from roughly 2200BC to 2100BC, for example, is correlated with an escalation of violence there and the collapse of the Akkadian empire. Some researchers also attribute drought as a major factor in recent wars in east Africa.
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In the 19th century, when Europe’s population surged and natural fertiliser supplies such as guano became strained, the Haber-Bosch process revolutionised agriculture by enabling nitrogen to be extracted from the atmosphere. This allowed Europe to meet its growing demand for food and, incidentally, munitions.
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