Radical movements as a call to climate action: a space-time connection
This comment links the radicalisation of climate justice movements in the Global North across time and space to the long-term environmental justice movements in post-colonial and settler-colonial geographies. I argue that the measures adopted by climate activists mirror the nature of resistance offe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-10-01
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| Series: | npj Climate Action |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-023-00067-0 |
| Summary: | This comment links the radicalisation of climate justice movements in the Global North across time and space to the long-term environmental justice movements in post-colonial and settler-colonial geographies. I argue that the measures adopted by climate activists mirror the nature of resistance offered by activists against colonialism and its historic and continuing impact on local environments. I present the women-led Chipko Movement in the Himalayas in the 1970s as an example. |
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| ISSN: | 2731-9814 |