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#ClimateJustice

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Bread and Circuses

What some people don’t understand about #degrowth is that it does not mean economic growth must decline everywhere.

If we are to achieve climate justice and social justice, which is the true aim of degrowth, then countries of the Global South — who have for too long suffered under climate colonialism, paying the greatest price for rampant consumption in the Global North — must be allowed to grow and achieve something close to parity with the rich world.

But how can that be done without utterly ravaging the biosphere and causing runaway global heating?

The only way is for countries in the Global North to *radically* reduce their economies. If the USA, Canada, Europe, etc., decide to merely slow their rate of growth while maintaining resource consumption at roughly where it is today, then we’re doomed.

Although I'm not optimistic it will happen, there still is a way out of this mess. We just need to convince enough people to support the proper choice.

LEARN MORE -- greeneuropeanjournal.eu/degrow

Green European JournalDegrowth Is About Global JusticeJason Hickel explains how degrowth can help fix the worsening ecological crisis and what it means for relations between the Global North and South.
#Politics#Economics#Environment
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Jules

Private members bill launched to require fossil fuel companies and their shareholders and owners of superyachts and private jets to pay into a fund for flood defences and home insulation.

theguardian.com/politics/2025/

Might be worth writing to your MP and asking them to support this one

The Guardian · MP to launch bill to target superyachts, private jets and fossil fuel producersBy Fiona Harvey
#ClimateJustice#UKPol#MakePollutersPay
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Bread and Circuses

HEADLINE: "Wealthy elite responsible for vast majority of global climate warming"
➡️ earth.com/news/wealthy-elite-r

You and I already know this, of course. But by sharing it widely, perhaps we can start convincing others of the urgent need for system change.

A few excerpts from the article...
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In a new analysis, the world’s wealthiest 10% are reported to have caused two-thirds of observed global warming since 1990.

Researchers also noted that emissions from the richest 10% in major economies, such as the United States and China, caused a two to threefold increase in dangerous heat conditions across vulnerable tropical areas.

These hotspots include Southeast Asia, southern Africa, and other regions with limited resources to handle amplified environmental stress.
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Take a look at the graphic below.

Although it's from a different study, this clearly illustrates the gross disparity between responsibility for dangerous global heating – borne by the richest 10% – and the pitiful lack of resources held by the bottom 50%, crippling their ability to deal with the terrible losses they face.

A series of bar graphs comparing relative losses from global warming versus responsibility for carbon emissions and percentage of wealth ownership. The bottom 50% of the world's people, who hold only 2% of global wealth, will suffer 75% of losses from climate change while contributing just 12% of emissions. The top 10%, by contrast, who control 76% of global wealth, will suffer just 3% of losses while contributing 48% of emissions.
#Economics#Science#Environment
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Climate Emergency Forum

New CEF video: “Farming Food for Life” features Stephen Sherwood, a regenerative farmer and researcher in Ecuador’s Andes. We discuss how smallholder farmers can restore soil, draw down carbon, and build climate resilience, with practical lessons from decades of work. Watch the conversation and join us in rethinking food, farming, and climate action.
youtube.com/channel/UCjipMzFUm
#ClimateJustice #RegenerativeAgriculture #ClimateAction #FoodSystems #Sustainability #SmallholderFarmers

A thumbnail image for the Climate Emergency Forum video called Farming Food for Life with special guest Dr. Stephen Sherwood. The background image is Stephen's farm.
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Headlines Africa

Africa: Africans Less Likely to Blame Rich Nations for Climate Crisis, Survey Shows: [RFI] A major opinion survey across Africa shows that many people place primary responsibility for climate action on their national governments. Although the continent has contributed relatively little to global emissions, it is enduring some of the worst effects of climate change. newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKjD #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #SustainableAfrica #ClimateJustice #AfricanVoices

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Robert Sanscartier

One striking example is Israel’s use of ‘nature reserves’ and ‘green zones’ in the West Bank. These areas are often off-limits to Palestinians, who are prevented from building homes or cultivating their land. Under the pretence of environmental conservation, the land is effectively seized and later used for the expansion of illegal settlements — settlements that disproportionately consume water and energy

banginews.com/web-news?id=bcc7

New AgePALESTINE AND STRUGGLE FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE: Not all that’s green is just
#Palestine#ClimateJustice#ClimateChange
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