Geopolitics
How Can We Tackle the Climate Emergency?
Article by Liam Robinson
The climate catastrophe is often framed as a problem for the future. General awareness of the current state of the climate emergency and ecological destruction is now high, and the media rightfully reports on the monumental scale of the problem. What’s so often overlooked in the discourse is that this rise in temperature will have disastrous consequences for the Global South. The chief negotiator of the G-77 countries, Lumumba Di-Aping, responded to the 2°C target announcement in 2009, saying “we have been asked to sign a suicide pact”.
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.
Nigeria Faces a Breakdown of Legitimate Authority
Article by Akeefah Lal Mahomed
Whilst disbandment is to be celebrated, and fears for law, order, and stability are legitimate, the voices recognizing the legacy of ineffective attempts to tackle systemic issues are valid. Disbanding and repackaging officers is comparatively easy compared to the deep-rooted matter at hand.