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*<p><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">Settler colonialism: Israel controls more than 60% of the West Bank, where Israelis now live in settlements which displaced Palestinians. </span> <span style="font-size: 14.4px;"> 640,000 settlers consume 6x the water of 2.9 million Palestinians. </span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;" speechify-initial-font-family="Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif" speechify-initial-font-size="20px">98% of Israel’s electricity production comes from fossil fuels. <ref>https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS</ref> In comparison, Palestinians are given an average of 12 hours per day use of the electricity that Israel controls. Palestinians have turned to solar panels to create their own electricity. <ref>https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/10/04/energy-crisis-renewables-tired-of-power-cuts-blockaded-gaza-turns-to-solar-panels</ref> Panels have been targeted by Israel's bombing. <ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/6/israeli-forces-target-solar-panels-at-gazas-al-shifa-hospital</ref> </span></p> | *<p><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">Settler colonialism: Israel controls more than 60% of the West Bank, where Israelis now live in settlements which displaced Palestinians. </span> <span style="font-size: 14.4px;"> 640,000 settlers consume 6x the water of 2.9 million Palestinians. </span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;" speechify-initial-font-family="Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif" speechify-initial-font-size="20px">98% of Israel’s electricity production comes from fossil fuels. <ref>https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS</ref> In comparison, Palestinians are given an average of 12 hours per day use of the electricity that Israel controls. Palestinians have turned to solar panels to create their own electricity. <ref>https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/10/04/energy-crisis-renewables-tired-of-power-cuts-blockaded-gaza-turns-to-solar-panels</ref> Panels have been targeted by Israel's bombing. <ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/6/israeli-forces-target-solar-panels-at-gazas-al-shifa-hospital</ref> </span></p> | ||
*<span style="font-size: 14.4px;" speechify-initial-font-family="Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif" speechify-initial-font-size="20px">Waste: Israel routinely dumps its waste in occupied Palestine. Palestinians<span> burn plastic waste for income</span>, contributing to the increasing levels of cancer among Palestinians. <ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-deadly-trash-trade-is-poisoning-palestinians-in-the-west-bank/</ref> </span> | *<span style="font-size: 14.4px;" speechify-initial-font-family="Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif" speechify-initial-font-size="20px">Waste: Israel routinely dumps its waste in occupied Palestine. Palestinians<span> burn plastic waste for income</span>, contributing to the increasing levels of cancer among Palestinians. <ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-deadly-trash-trade-is-poisoning-palestinians-in-the-west-bank/</ref> </span> | ||
*"Dehumanization is a fundamental component of the colonial playbook. Calling human beings “animals,” and “savages” as if in some demented way we do not feel pain, bleed, or grieve, adds to the hysteria and sends the message they are unworthy of humane treatment and basic dignity, and that will never bring peace." -Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel<ref>https://ricochet.media/en/3999/from-kanienkeha-ka-to-palestine-the-familar-refrain-of-colonial-violence-and-the-cost-of-silence</ref> </span> | |||
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Revision as of 17:07, 9 November 2023
Global South "functions as more than a metaphor for underdevelopment. It references an entire history of colonialism, neo-imperialism, and differential economic and social change through which large inequalities in living standard, life expectancy, and access to resources are maintained." -Dados and Connell (2012) [1] .
The knowledge shared on this page comes from:
1) The collaborative 'Fair Shares' webinar by the HUB and the Climate Emergency Unit held on October 11th.
This event featured:
Anjali Appadurai (she/her): Climate justice organizer and communicator. Worked at the UN Climate convention to ensure social movements demands were heard in halls of power. Runs the Padma centre for climate justice, a project that brings together diasporic communities to build power around issues of climate and economic justice. She works as the Campaign Director at the Climate Emergency Unit. |
Meena Raman (she/her): Head of Programmes of Third World Network (TWN), coordinating programming and supporting intergovernmental climate negotiations. President of Friends of the Earth (FOE) Malaysia and member of FOE International. Legal adviser to the Consumers' Association of Penang. Founded the first public interest law firm in Malaysia. |
Ceecee Holz (they/them): Senior research at the Climate Equity Reference Project and Executive Director of the Climate Equity Reference Project Canada. Affiliated researcher at Stockholm Environment Institute, and teaches a course at Carlton U for their Masters' specialization in climate change. Their studies focus is on International and Canadian climate change policies, focused on the role of equity and fairness as enablers of action. They served as the executive director for Climate Action Network Canada. Has been involved with Climate Action Network International's advocacy work at UN climate change negotiations for over a decade. |
2) Additional sources compiled by Bryan Giroux and Kenzie Harris.
Global South justice is a climate justice issue
What does 'fair share' mean? |
Anjali Appadurai explains:
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How we divide fairly depends on... |
1) Historical emissions and responsibility (considering inequities created by colonialism, enslavement) 2) Right to human development (bring people out of poverty, get people educated, safe and health) 3) Differing capabilities and capacities (based on who benefited from colonialism, enslavement) |
Why do our fair share? |
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What is Canada's fair share? |
How do we reduce more than 100%?
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Understanding why Global south justice is climate justice
1) Historical emissions: Wealthy nations caused and perpetuate the climate crisis by exploiting the resources, lands and labor of the Global South |
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2) Right to human development |
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3) Differing capabilities and capacities: The Global North disproportionately caused the climate and debt crisis, yet, the Global South bear the greatest burden |
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4) Responsibility: The Global North continues to evade it |
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Examples around the world
Meena Raman in Malaysia |
(Paraphrased)
Meena also pointed out that marginalized communities in the Global North, such as Indigenous communities, also suffer from these systems. |
Abeer Butmeh of the Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network in Palestine (from an article for Aljazeera) [9] |
Israel‘s occupation and apartheid, which denies Palestinians the right to manage their land and resources, makes them more vulnerable to climate-related events.
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Sudan |
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Where do we go from here?
Anjali Appadurai shared that our role is to:
- Expose the pretence, duplicity and hypocrisy of policymakers who undermine fairness
- Push governments for transparency and courage on meeting climate obligations
- Show our governments that climate finance and fossil fuel phase out are important to us and we will vote accordingly
To stay connected to work on fighting for fair shares in Canada, visit: https://www.climateemergencyunit.ca/fairshares
If you have any suggested revisions or additional resources to share related to the above content, please email them to kenzie@lehub.ca.
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- ↑ Dados, Nour and Raewyn Connell. 2012. “The Global South.” Context 11(1): 12-13.
- ↑ Estermann, J. (2014). Colonialidad, descolonización e interculturalidad. Polis Revista Latinoamericana, 38. http://journals.openedition.org/polis/10164
- ↑ Migration to Asia Peace. (2022, September 23). 2022 Statement for Climate Justice by the Global South. https://mapcast.org/2022-statement-for-climate-justice-by-the-global-south/?ckattempt=2
- ↑ Riaz, A. (2021, September 29). Views from the Global South: How to decolonise the climate crisis. Euronews Green. https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/09/29/views-from-the-global-south-how-to-decolonise-the-climate-crisis
- ↑ Gonzalez, C. (2015). Environmental Justice, Human Rights, and the Global South. SANTA CLARA J. INT’L L. 13, pp. 151–195. https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1631&context=faculty
- ↑ Estermann, J. (2014). Colonialidad, descolonización e interculturalidad. Polis Revista Latinoamericana, 38. http://journals.openedition.org/polis/10164
- ↑ Migration to Asia Peace. (2022, September 23). 2022 Statement for Climate Justice by the Global South. https://mapcast.org/2022-statement-for-climate-justice-by-the-global-south/?ckattempt=2
- ↑ Rice, J. (2009). North-south relations and the ecological debt: Asserting a counter-hegemonic discourse. Critical Sociology, 35(2), 225–252.
- ↑ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/11/28/palestine-is-a-climate-justice-issue
- ↑ https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR2500/RR2515/RAND_RR2515.pdf
- ↑ https://www.ochaopt.org/content/study-warns-water-sanitation-crisis-gaza-may-cause-disease-outbreak-and-possible-epidemic
- ↑ https://www.maan-ctr.org/old/pdfs/FSReport/Settlement/content.pdf
- ↑ https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/30777/1/PA-UNDP_climate_change.pdf
- ↑ https://www.palestine-studies.org/
- ↑ https://visualizingpalestine.org/visuals/olive-harvest
- ↑ https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS
- ↑ https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/10/04/energy-crisis-renewables-tired-of-power-cuts-blockaded-gaza-turns-to-solar-panels
- ↑ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/6/israeli-forces-target-solar-panels-at-gazas-al-shifa-hospital
- ↑ https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-deadly-trash-trade-is-poisoning-palestinians-in-the-west-bank/
- ↑ https://ricochet.media/en/3999/from-kanienkeha-ka-to-palestine-the-familar-refrain-of-colonial-violence-and-the-cost-of-silence