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"“Climate change is racist”. So reads the title of a recent book by British
journalist Jeremy Williams. While this title might seem provocative, it’s long
been recognised that people of colour suffer disproportionate harms under
climate change – and this is likely to worsen in the coming decades.
However, most rich white countries, including Australia, are doing precious
little to properly address this inequity. For the most part, they refuse to
accept the climate debt they owe to poorer countries and communities.
In so doing, they sentence millions of people to premature death, disability or
unnecessary hardship. This includes in Australia, where climate change
compounds historical wrongs against First Nations communities in many ways.
This injustice – a type of “atmospheric colonisation” – is a form of deeply
entrenched colonial racism that arguably represents the most pressing global
equity issue of our time. Several upcoming global talks, including the Pacific
Islands Forum this week, offer a chance to urgently elevate climate justice on
the global agenda."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
