Climate change enthusiasts and activists under the guidance of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, have been interacting with media practitioners and environmental stakeholders. The dialogue seeks to examine Global Justice and Climate change.
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Colonial relations underpin claims around transition, net zero and the green economy. Environmentalists like Nnimo Bassey, Dr Roland Ngam, Ibrahima Thiam,Breno Bringel and o-editor Miriam Lang as panellists critically explored the core themes and topics of a hugely timely and relevant publication, The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism.
They agreed that the time for denial is over. Across the Global North, the question of how we should respond to the climate crisis has been answered: with a shift to renewables.
But beneath the sustainability branding, these climate ‘solutions’ lead to new environmental injustices and green colonialism.
The green growth and clean energy plans of the Global North require the large-scale extraction of strategic minerals from the Global South.
The geopolitics of transition imply sacrificing territories and truly sustainable ways of inhabiting this world.
The publication provides a platform for the voices that have been absent in debates around energy and climate in the Global North. Drawing on case studies from across the Global South, the authors offer incisive critiques of green colonialism in its material, political and symbolic dimensions.
Nnimmo Bassey- Director of HOMEF
Breno Bringel- Activist- Scholar
Dr Roland Ngam- Environmentalist
Prof. MIRIAM LANG- Environmental Activist
SOURCE: swiftetadio.com
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