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Negotiating climate change between unequal parties: COP25 from an African perspective
5 Dec 2019 - 08:30
This year’s United Nations climate conference (COP25) underway in Madrid has been overshadowed by social unrest. Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera withdrew from hosting the annual conference following a wave of public demonstrations over economic inequality in his country. Similar protests occurred across the globe throughout 2019, fuelled by public anger over inequality, corruption and economic challenges. The linkages between the world’s inequality and climate change crises have become increasingly visible, as the climate crisis is mainly a battle about redefining winners and losers.
Protesters march to call for more governmental action against destructive climate change in Nairobi's Uhuru Park on 20 September 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. (Getty Images AsiaPac)