Geography A-Level
Carbon Colonialism
What Carbon Colonialism means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Carbon Colonialism
The outsourcing of high-emission industrial processes from superpowers to developing nations, which complicates global emissions accounting and shifts the environmental burden to the Global South.
Topics that use Carbon Colonialism
- Superpowers (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Deindustrialisation and the Spiral of Decline
- Economic Hegemony
- Economic Interdependence
- Economic Interdependence and Asymmetry
- Environmental Diplomacy and Soft Power
- Environmental Externalities of Resource Extraction
- Environmental Governance
- Financialisation and Debt
Using Carbon Colonialism in the exam
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