[…] The colonial model of resource exploitation has not disappeared – it has merely evolved.

Nowhere is this more visible than in the global phenomenon of eco-apartheid – the unequal distribution of environmental harm and protection along racial and economic lines. While the wealthiest nations insulate themselves with green technology and clean infrastructure, poorer nations, often former colonies, bear the brunt of rising sea levels, droughts, deforestation, and pollution, despite contributing the least to the crisis.

European and North American companies remain heavily invested in fossil fuel projects in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia, ensuring a cycle of dependence and vulnerability. […]

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