Recycling and cutting personal waste isn’t enough. Polluters must be regulated, and reparations paid by companies that have harmed the environment.
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The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in greenhouse gas emissions.
COP29 should end subsidies to fossil fuel companies, compel large-scale emitters to compensate affected regions and ensure that carbon taxes reflect the true cost of cleaning up pollution.
Through the Loss and Damage Fund, developed states and major emitters will compensate developing countries experiencing the most devastating effects of climate change. The fund is now operational.
Rich polluters have evaded any notion of compensating poor countries at the UN talks.
It’s a landmark agreement, acknowledging for the first time that wealthy countries bear some responsibility to help. But it leaves many unanswered questions.
The new Global Shield won’t work as ultimately rich countries and companies must foot the bill.
A different future will not be possible without reverence, respect, reciprocity and responsibility towards the Earth. On this issue, Indigenous Peoples have a lot to share.
The culpability for Pakistan’s catastrophic floods rests with the government and wealthy polluter countries.
Developing countries want industrialised countries to pay reparations for loss and damage caused by climate change. Even with disasters ramping up, wealthy nations are resisting.
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester
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Professor of Political Science, UCL
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Professor of International Relations, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick
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Associate professor, University of British Columbia
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Research fellow, Australian National University
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Wall International Indigenous Scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS), University of British Columbia
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Professor, former dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria., University of Victoria
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Professor of Environmental Science, University of South Africa
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Legal Researcher, PhD Candidate and Lead of the African Climate Law Programme, Mandela Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research fellow, University of Fort Hare