Writing Planet Politics
Between ecology & indigeneity
Environmental struggles and harms are bound together with the histories and struggles of Indigenous peoples. Stefanie Fishel, Christine Winter & Anthony Burke introduce a new special issue of Borderlands.
Climate justice & climate delay
Ahead of the crucial Glasgow climate meeting, emerging economies are opposing joint action towards a net zero world by 2050. But in the wake of new research, their framing of climate justice is no longer tenable. By Anthony Burke.
Trajectories for Anthropocene security
The Anthropocene is bringing about novel, urgent and planetary forms of insecurity. But, argue the authors of an important new SIPRI report, environmental change has outpaced our institutions and needs a holistic, lived and plural sense of security.
Climate vulnerables’ manifesto for COP26
The civil society climate movement and climate vulnerable states are at odds over whether the Glasgow meeting of the Paris Agreement should be postponed. As the time left to act runs out, we highlight the creative demands put to COP26 by climate vulnerable countries.
Defining ecocide
A new campaign to make ecocide an international crime is promising. But, argue Anthony Burke & Danielle Celermajer, ecocide should be defined to honour its victims - the beings of the Earth.
Environmental defenders are our future
The pandemic has been a brief and tragic respite from accelerating carbon emissions, but biodiversity loss and attacks on environmental defenders continue. Yet defenders are a crucial frontline in the fight for sustainability and justice. By Susan Park.
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