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Written by Will Tuladhar-Douglas on 2025-01-08 at 06:47

Two good scicomm pieces reframing the environmental polycrisis. TLDR; unimaginably radical change will happen soon, whether politicians and businesses choose it or not.

1. article in Mongabay that focusses on the energy consumption problem. Interviews with Rockström and Murphy. Problem cannot be solved without exponential cuts to consumption that no business or politician will accept.

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/renewables-wont-save-us-from-climate-catastrophe-experts-warn-what-will/

2. interview in Guardian with Morgera (prof at Strathclyde and UN Rapporteur) on environmental justice, corruption, "bad faith" and power in international environmental law (why UNCCC COP is a failure and what a functional COP might look like).

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/jan/07/climate-change-reform-elisa-morgera

Both pieces look to Indigenous and local community actors, cultures, "ways of living in harmony" for answers. Yes, some Indigenous communities and scholar/activists have bridged the gap between modernity and living in balance - ICCA offers a powerful alternative! - but the label is being commodified...

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