Historian Vijay Prashad blasted the climate justice movement for disregarding the immediate challenges people in regions like Africa, Asia, and Latin America must face because they have inherited colonial economic systems. At COP26, the UN’s climate-change conference in 2021, he questioned the relevance of the movement’s commonly used phrase, ‘We’re worried about the future.’ However, food insecurity affects 2.7 billion people globally. Prashad said this reality challenges the movement’s call for individuals to reduce consumption. What do you think about Prashad’s remarks? Let us know in the comments.
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