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.
Climate Immigration is the Coming Crisis of Our Time
Article by Ethan Gray
Developing countries are not at fault for global warming, but their growth will fuel it further going into the 21st century. Climate change is primarily the fault of Europe, North America, and East Asia. They became rich, exploiting fossil fuels, but they cannot allow the next generation of emerging countries to do the same. It is their responsibility to shoulder an outsized share of the burden at home and abroad.
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.
Is Social Media Environmentalists’ New Best Friend?
Article by Laura Tendall
Once, the weekly paper provided us with the newest of news. Today, in the time it takes to travel from King’s Cross to Old Street, new news has become old news…Social media’s ability to allow us to consume content in real-time is especially beneficial for environmentalists due to the ever-changing nature of climate change as a phenomenon.