1. Solving ecological problems There are big differences between reformist and socialist responses to ecological problems. Capitalism, driven by the need to make everincreasing profits cannot solve the problems thrown up by global warming, a crisis it has created.
Socialists, on the other hand, want an egalitarian society, where production is for need and use, not protit.
International agreements to reduce carbon emissions are important, but how can countries that are competing for markets and raw materials agree reduce emissions if this means making less money?
Imperialist wars, like those in the Middle also ravage the environment.
More than 15,000 tonnes of fuel oil has leaked from a Lebanese power plant since it was attacked by Israeli warplanes in July: a 3,000-squarekilometre slick along two-thirds of its coastline.
is still littered by depleted uranium from US weapons that is mixing with the sand and being swept over a wide area of the Middle East.