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Greenpeace on COP31: “We Know Who’s to Blame and Where the Money Is”
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This year, around the world we all experienced the hottest temperatures on record. The Global South has borne the brunt of severe droughts, El Niño- driven disruptions life-threatening geohazards like the catastrophic flood that devastated Nepal. Meanwhile, reecord-smashing temperatures, structural water stress, and forest fires blazed across Europe and North America as the West truly felt the impact of human induced climate change. This week on Decolonial Dispatch we speak to Political Campaigner at Greenpeace UK, Rudy Schulkind about why they’re supporting the UN Tax Convention campaign and the rollout of a climate damages tax; what we as the public could gain from it, and why the upcoming COP26 must do better. Urgency has never been greater.
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