ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the relationship between capitalism and planetary destruction as also the role of activism in fostering climate change emergency. It begins with a brief summary of the agreement made at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris and concludes with a look forward to Glasgow 2020. The chapter outlines climate change awareness's long history. It considers the relationship between climate change and gender by stressing that it is not just the existence of humankind that is at threat, but also around a million other species. The chapter deals with a look at Amazonization, at how Amazon micro-manages, exploits and diminishes its workforce; at the role of Alexa, Amazon's virtual assistant; at the way Amazon is transforming the public into mini-entrepreneurs; and at the high-tech surveillance by the state facilitated by companies such as Amazon.
