Powerful Nations Withhold Climate Aid, Trample World's Poor
This article from Common dreams examines the Climate Change Aid given to various countries. It reveals that one-third of international money went to China, India and Brazil while the poorest 49 countries got just one-eighth. While I do not doubt the need for aid in countries such as India and China. This clearly documents the preference for giving to powerful trade interests to benefit economic growth internally. While this is an example of Environmental inequalities as has been represented earlier in this blog, I believe it is also a stark reminder of environmental scarcity leading to ‘Violent Environments’. In Somalia for example, limited aid that is being given to Somalians is causing conflict between neighbouring African countries regarding the legitimacy of who deserves this aid, this environmental inequality thus leads to conflict between poorer nations over scarce resources or supplies (Al Jazeera English 2011).
Al Jazeera English. 2011. Kenya’s Growing Influence In Somalia. Available at http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/insidestory/2011/10/201110189189829781.html Accessed 23/10/2011
