Climate scientists and planning experts, especially those involved in disaster preparedness and mitigation, must openly acknowledge intersectional oppressions and center community knowledge as the path forward.
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The UN Human Rights Council has recognised the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Activists hope this will lead to greater government action on climate change.
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At the end of June, an expert panel will propose a definition for a new crime, which could be added to the Rome Statute—ecocide, the destruction of the environment.
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The Mariana dam disaster offers an example of the difficult intersection between business and human rights, as explained in an interview with lawyer Camila Manfredini de Abreu.
Read moreCapitalism And The Green Agenda: A Green New Deal Or Green Neo-Colonialism?
A Green New Deal will only be successful if it disrupts the global capitalist order and centres itself on the emancipation of marginalised communities.
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