ABSTRACT
In much the same way that 'code red' signals to hospital workers that a patient needs advanced life-support, Spratt and Suttori's Climate Code Red argues that climate change sends a strong warning that societies and their leaders must declare a 'climate emergency,' which transcends 'business and politics as usual' and indicates the will to prevent a global climate catastrophe. To create a safe climate, Spratt and Sutton contend that humanity needs to reduce the current global temperature to less than 5°C above the preindustriallevel and greenhouse gases to less than 320 ppm CO2• Part I reviews the scientific evidence indicating the seriousness of climate change. Part II discusses debates about emissions reduction targets and proposes reductions consistent with a safe-climate future, and Part IIIcalls for a rapid transition to a sustainable economy. Spratt and Sutton are deeply critical of neoliberalism, under which the 'corporate agenda runs politics,' ensuring that capitalism is environmentally unsustainable. They envisage a green social democracy, a highly regulated capitalism, because governments, they maintain, have a crucial role to play in planning, coordinating, and implementing the transition to a safe climate.
