Viviendo el pacto fáustico. La resiliencia perversa frente al cambio climático

Abstract

Climate change poses a grave threat for humanity’s survival. Employing the framework of critical political economy, this analysis suggests that there is a “hegemonic block” obstructing people all over the world from taking the necessary steps to face this challenge. Its behavior has created a “perverse resilience” that endangers the stability of the Earth system as we know it today. To continue accepting the dominance of this group will generate social conflicts and structural imbalances that will become unmanageable. In Mexico, the power of this group is hampering the formulation of strategies to begin the process of adaptation to the foreseeable transformations.