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Climate Apartheid

By: Grace Blakeley

While the wealthy are able to insulate themselves from the worst effects of climate breakdown, the poor are forced to bear the costs of a crisis they did not cause.

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In December 2023, Ndileka Mandela, the granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, condemned the rich world for supporting a global system of ‘climate apartheid’. Speaking at the COP28 summit in the United Arab Emirates, Mandela stated that the term ‘apartheid’ was appropriate to describe the impact of climate breakdown because ‘the Global North a using their economic […]

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In December 2023, Ndileka Mandela, the granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, condemned the rich world for supporting a global system of ‘climate apartheid’. Speaking at the COP28 summit in the United Arab Emirates, Mandela stated that the term ‘apartheid’ was appropriate to describe the impact of climate breakdown because ‘the Global North a using their economic […]

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In December 2023, Ndileka Mandela, the granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, condemned the rich world for supporting a global system of ‘climate apartheid’. Speaking at the COP28 summit in the United Arab Emirates, Mandela stated that the term ‘apartheid’ was appropriate to describe the impact of climate breakdown because ‘the Global North a using their economic […]

In December 2023, Ndileka Mandela, the granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, condemned the rich world for supporting a global system of ‘climate apartheid’. Speaking at the COP28 summit in the United Arab Emirates, Mandela stated that the term ‘apartheid’ was appropriate to describe the impact of climate breakdown because ‘the Global North a using their economic […]

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