Climate Change

From Rio to Paris: International Climate Change Treaties Between Consensus and Efficacy

Silvia Bacchetta • Feb 7 2023 • Articles

At the moment, we are far from reaching a satisfactory goal in combatting climate change, notwithstanding the years of negotiations.

Climate Justice in the Global South: Understanding the Environmental Legacy of Colonialism

Nishtha Singh • Feb 2 2023 • Articles

The global north has imposed on the global south a development model based on the unconditional exploitation of nature and human beings.

Climate Change: Scientific Evidence and Projected Warming

Roberto Buizza • Feb 2 2023 • Articles

Greenhouse gas emissions must be cut dramatically by about 5–8% every year if we want to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040–2050.

Foreword: Global Climate Justice

Tahseen Jafry • Jan 31 2023 • Articles

The world’s richest economic actors are obligated to put humanity in the conditions to live healthy lives with dignity.

The Global Philosophy of the (Global) Carbon Budget

Fausto Corvino and Tiziana Andina • Jan 31 2023 • Articles

Global climate justice intersects with the problem of carbon inequality and individual responsibility for climate change.

Review – Lagos to Mombasa

Jorich Johann Loubser • Oct 28 2022 • Features

This podcast from the Center for Global Development is a much needed addition to the African policy field, but questions arise regarding its lack of focus on political economy.

Decolonising Conservation: Towards a Postcolonial Conservation Regime

Celine Germond-Duret • Jun 7 2022 • Articles

The post-2020 global biodiversity framework offers an opportunity to initiate a systemic change to endorse a right-based approach with Indigenous peoples as equal partners.

Agroecology, Climate Change Induced Polycrisis and the Transformation of Food Systems

Miguel A Altieri • Apr 20 2022 • Articles

Heroic efforts displayed by peasants and indigenous people represent spaces of hope against the weight of ecological breakdown and social injustice.

Review – Migrations: A World on the Move

Anna Finiguerra • Mar 20 2022 • Features

This podcast takes a look at migration from all perspectives, and how it interplays with concepts of racial justice and climate change.

The UN COP26 and ‘30 by 30’: Turning Points or More Business-As-Usual?

Mariko Frame • Mar 4 2022 • Articles

It is time to listen directly to those who are facing dispossession, loss of livelihoods, and homes, and to seek grassroots solutions,

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