Geopolitics
The UK Government's Refusal to Act is Fuelling Plastic Pollution in the Global South
Article by Laura Tendall
For an administration who continuously prioritise profit over people, their feckless approach hardly comes as a surprise – it’s cheaper for us (in the short term) to export our problem than to incur the costs of dealing with it ourselves. At the same time, it enables us to meet recycling targets, and thus claim environmentalism without taking any responsibility for where this waste ultimately ends up. In this way, we allow ourselves to reap the benefits of plastic and pass the negative impacts onto others.
Mauritius Faces an Environmental Catastrophe
Article by Akeefah Lal Mahomed
Despite the immediate dangers posed, Jugnauth’s administration failed to take decisive action, tipping the country into an unprecedented social, economic, and environmental crisis. The government’s inability to protect its citizens has drawn harsh criticisms and is further evidence of discontent in a democracy that has become embedded with invisible corruption.