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Article

9 May 2017

Author:
Vivek Maru, Namati, on Wired (USA)

Commentary: Legal empowerment of local communities is a powerful tool to address climate change

"To stop the relentless march of climate change we must empower those most at risk", 21 Apr 2017

...Climate Change is doing irreparable harm to ecosystems and livelihoods...We should invest...in bottom-up environmentalism, by supporting the people who have the most to lose...I work with teams of paralegals in ten countries, and this is what we have seen: with a bit of...legal empowerment, the people at the receiving end of environmental harm can be a powerful force for environmental stewardship. Their lives depend on it. Their interests are aligned with those of the planet. Indigenous people who live in forests and other wild places exemplify this dynamic...as well [as] farmers neighbouring iron ore mines, fisher people sharing coastline with industrial ports, slum dwellers breathing the worst of a city’s air...